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Conference Announcement Theme: Decolonisation Subtitle: Shaping and Re-shaping Reality Type: KCL Minorities and Philosophy Conference Institution: KCL Minorities and Philosophy Society, King's College London Location: London (United Kingdom) Date: 9.–10.3.2019 __________________________________________________ This conference aims to open up questions and provide a platform for critical analysis concerning the underlying assumptions, ideologies, narratives, social structures etc. that are rooted in white colonialism, which have shaped (and continue to shape) reality for a multitude of people. The aim is to re-tell stories where white heterosexual upper-class men are no longer the protagonists, and to think critically about ways to re-shape our present reality in efforts towards decolonisation. Among the topics we will discuss are indigenous liberation, white feminism, epistemic injustice and the (post)colonial condition. The event is hosted by King's College London Minorities and Philosophy Society. We are a chapter of the wider international initiative Minorities and Philosophy, which aims to diversify the philosophical canon and challenge the dominant perspectives on different topics in academic philosophy. We aim to create real opportunities for a wider range of people, in particular those who have been gravely underrepresented in the discipline, to have their voices heard and taken seriously. The exclusion of marginalised groups from academic philosophy and the wider social contexts is an issue of equality and results in inaccurate theories which do not represent the reality we live in. Conference Programme Saturday, 9th March 09:30-10:00 Registration/Welcome 10:00-10:45 Sailee Khurjekar: Reshaping the Present: the Significance of the ‘Cultural Aesthetic’ 10:45-11:30 Sophia Cann: I am a Mujer not a Feminist 11:30-12:30 Lunch 12:30-13:15 Diego Morollon Del Rio: Movements of epistemological decolonization in Paulo Freire and Frantz Fanon 13:15-13:45 Tea/Coffee 13:45-14:30 Azita Chellappoo: “Poetry is not a luxury”: Poetry as an Epistemic Resource 14:30-15:30 Keynote: Sneha Krishnan 18:00 Conference Speakers Dinner Sunday, 10th March 09:30-10:00 Welcome 10:00-10:45 Veeran Naicker: Foucault, Bhabha and the postcolonial subject abstract 10:45- 11:30 Maite Bustamante: Between national security and human rights 11:30-12:30 Lunch 12:30-13:15 Sara Chan: The Minority Mind: Mental Disability as Value Neutral 13:15-13:45 Tea/Coffee Venue Anatomy Lecture Theatre floor 6, King's Building Strand Campus King's College London Aldwych, London, WC2R Registration The conference is free and open to all, but registering is required due to university policy on external visitors. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conference-on-decolonisation-shaping-and-re-shaping-of-reality-tickets-52923186676 Conference Webpage: https://mapforthegap.wixsite.com/kclmap KCL MAP Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kclmap __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
