Thursday, July 5th: 9:00am-7:00pm
9:00am Reception and Welcome: Iris Rajanayagam and Fallon Tiffany Cabral (xart splitta) and Bahar Sanli (Nachbarschaftshaus Urbanstraße)
9:45am Keynote-Panel: Nikita Dhawan, Fatima El-Tayeb and Macarena Gómez-Barris. Chair: Emilia Roig
10:45am Presentation: Rajkamal Kahlon („Do You Know our Names?” – (www.rajkamalkahlon.com/copy-of-die-volker-der-erde)
11:00am Garunya Karunaharamoorty (Deconstructing Colonial Narratives)
Break
11:30am-1.45pm Workshops/Discussions (Parallel): 1. RomaniPhen, Eoto (“Archiving the Movement – Archives as Activism”) 2. Raju Rage, Sunanda Mesquita (“Unarchiving/Archiving” in the Context of Collective Forms of Resistance) 3. Emily Ngubia Kessé, Moona Moon (Oral History/Spoken Word).
Lunch break with food by Jelnar Ahmad: https://shegelbait.wordpress.com/
2:45pm-4.15pm Round-Tables/Lectures Session I (Parallel): 1. Athena Farrokzhad (“Writing as Living Archive”), 2. Peggy Piesche, Nicola Lauré al-Samarai, Nathalie Bayer („Decolonising the Museum?”) 3. Mahdis Azarmandi (“Memory and the City”)
Break
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5pm: Presentation of Brochure “Writing Histories” (S. Fischer Verlag) by Sharon Dodua Otoo and Manuela Bauche
Introduction: Sharon Dodua Otoo and Manuela Bauche
- Selected Readings: (Anna Kim, Clementine Ewokolo Burnley, Aischa Ahmed )
- Visual Contributions: (Sita Ngoumou, Phillip Kojo Metz)
- Poem and Music: (Musa Okwonga)
Further information regarding the launch: www.xartsplitta.net/en/publications-launch/
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6:30pm Open exchange with drinks and music.
Friday, July 6th: 10:00am-8pm
Throughout the day: Installation of Website: „Entangled Histories“ (www.verwobenegeschichten.de/)
10:00am Short welcome and introduction: (Iris Rajanayagam and Fallon Tiffany Cabral)
10:30am-12pm Round-Tables Session II (Parallel): 4. International Women Space (“Migrant Selforganisations GDR/BRD”) 5. Shanice Dover (gal-dem), Hengameh Yaghoobifarah (“Social Media and Co. – New Forms of Activism and Interventions”). 6. Ayşe Gülec, Ceren Türkman (“Documenting Migrant Struggles”)
Lunch break with food by Jelnar Ahmad: https://shegelbait.wordpress.com/
1:15-2:30pm Three moderated World Cafés: (Fallon Cabral, Rena Onat, Diane Izabiliza). Key questions: Past – Present – Future. Presentation and exchange of results of previous day.
Break
3:00-4:15pm Presentation of results from World Cafés
Break
5:30pm Closing conversation: Noa K. Ha and Fatima El-Tayeb
6pm Closing with: “Live Radio” (Tuğba Tanyılmaz and Talking Feminisms)
7pm Music: Hoe_mies and Ford Kelly
An event by: xart splitta e.V. in cooperation with the Nachbarschaftshaus Urbanstraße e.V.
The Symposium will take place in English and German spoken language. There will be a live stream of the event, this will however not include the workshops/round-tables.
The venue including the bathhroom is wheelchair accessible.
Programme subject to change.
Registration is now open! Pls. find further information here: www.xartsplitta.net/en/registration_symposium/ .
The event is free of charge. Donations are very welcome.
Team
Project Director: Iris Rajanayagam
Project Assistance: Fallon Tiffany Cabral, Zara Zandieh
Held in cooperation with and at:
Nachbarschaftshaus Urbanstraße, Urbanstraße 21, 10961 Berlin. Directions: www.nachbarschaftshaus.de/kontakt/anfahrt/
Funded by:
Senate Department for Culture and Europe
Thanks for your kind support:
