Decolonial Summer School

The María Lugones Decolonial Summer School (DSS) will celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2024! To celebrate this, in the last week of June - instead of the usual, closed program - we are organizing a number of public events at Framer Framed in Amsterdam and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, in which everyone can participate on two locations.

 Leading experts in the field of decolonial thinking will discuss each other in various sessions. We look back on what we have achieved and what lies ahead.

 DSS was founded in 2010 and at that time focused on the legacies of slavery and the Holocaust. In the following years, this research became increasingly broader. What influence does colonialism have on people and museums? And what is the importance of decolonial thinking in a turbulent world with evolving injustices and environmental crises?

Programme Van Abbemuseum

Friday 28 June, 16:00 – 18:00

• What: Honoring and Remembering BeBop
• Speakers: Artist patricia kaersenhout, artist and performer Jeannette Ehlers, Prof.dr. Walter Mignolo
• Location: Studio, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
• Language: English

Saturday 29 June, 16:00 – 18:00

• What: The Soils exhibition
• Speakers: Van Abbemuseum Director Charles Esche, Van Abbemuseum Assistant Curator Teresa Cos Rebollo, Artist Aldo Ramos, Prof.dr. Rolando Vázquez, Philosopher Ovidiu Tichindeleanu
• Location: Studio, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
• Language: English

Sunday 30 June, 16:00 – 18:00

• What: Decolonial Aesthesis
• Speakers: Philosopher Ovidiu Tichindeleanu, Dancer and performer Fabian Barba, Artist Aldo Ramos
• Location: Studio, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
• Language: English

Programme Framer Framed (Amsterdam)

*Not necessary to register for the events below

Tuesday 25 June, 16:00-18:00

• What: Ancestral Musings; a Caribbean Conversation
• Speakers: Prof.dr. Gloria Wekker, Prof.dr. Jean Casimir
• Location: Framer Framed, Amsterdam
• Language: English

Wednesday 26 June, 16:00 – 18:00

• What: Decolonial Feminisms
• Speakers: Prof.dr. Rosalba Icaza, Activist Valiana Aguilar, Prof.dr. Catherine Walsh
• Location: Framer Framed, Amsterdam
• Language: English 

Thursday 27 June, 16:30 – 18:00

• What: On the Coloniality of Thought (Inaugural Lecture)
• Speakers: Prof.dr. Rolando Vazquez
• Location: Aula - Old Lutheran Church, University of Amsterdam.
• Language: English

Contact

If you have any questions, please send an email to summerschool@vanabbemuseum.nl

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