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Critical Epistemologies Workshop
October 25, 2019 - October 27, 2019
A workshop for emerging and established visual arts writers. Includes inputs and discussion on writing trends and challenges, and artists speaking about their work. First two days are open to the public, the final day is a closed session.
PROGRAMME :
NB DAYS 1 & 2 open to the public.
Friday 25 October
8:30 TEA, REGISTRATION
9:00 OPENING REMARKS & INTRODUCTIONS
9:30 CRITICAL EPISTEMOLOGIES I: Writing South/African/art history, from the colonial to the postcolonial – trends and challenges
Panellists: Mduduzi M Mduduzi Xakaza, Jessica Draper, Mario Pissarra
Moderator: Juliette Leeb-du Toit
11:00 TEA
11:30 CRITICAL PRACTICE I: Artists, anti-apartheid and post-apartheid
Panellists: Thami Jali (tbc), Sfiso Ka-Mkame , Cedric Nunn
Moderator: Russel Hlongwane
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 CRITICAL PRACTICE II: Translations of street art
Panellists: Ewok, Trev Seven, Dane Stops
Moderator: Russel Hlongwane
15:30 CLOSING REMARKS
Saturday 26 October
8:30 TEA
9:00 REFLECTIONS ON DAY 1 DELIBERATIONS
09:30 CRITICAL EPISTEMOLOGIES II: Anti-colonial, postcolonial and decolonial theory: how does this help me write art history?
Panellists: Greer Valley, Lonwabo Kilani, Mario Pissarra
Moderator: Nomusa Makhubu
11:00 TEA
11.30 CRITICAL PRACTICE II: Imaging the post-nation
Panellists: Themba Shibase , Mthobisi Maphumulo, Kristin NG-Yang
Moderator: Blessing Xaba
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 CRITICAL EPISTEMOLOGIES III: Interdisciplinary methodologies in writing art history – trends and challenges
Panellists: Nomusa Makhubu, Greer Valley, Ismail Farouk
Moderator: Mario Pissarra
15:30 CLOSING REMARKS
Sunday 27 October
CLOSED SESSION FOR WRITERS & MENTORS