Between a Dance and Sitting in a Chair: Other Ways of Knowing - The Intersection of Art and Science in Caribbean Climate Change Research

category: meeting SHEBANG& programme
date: Fri 11 Oct 24
time: 14:00 – 17:00
location:
SHEBANG Amsterdam

Programmed by Island(er)s at the Helm. Sharelly Emanuelson will reflect on the visual anthropology component of her PhD research and on the tension that arises in ‘ways of knowing’ as both an artist and scientist. A conversation with researchers Francio Guadeloupe, Wayne Modest, Charissa Granger, Joseph Sonny Jean and more. [English spoken]

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How does one ‘know’ the Caribbean? ‘Knowing’ in a (post)colonial context has historically relied on a narrow and exclusive set of ways and methods of claiming ‘legitimate’ knowledge. To decolonize scientific research therefore means to interrogate the colonial roots of who can claim to know, according to whose and which terms. What implications does this interrogation have for understanding human and non-human experiences of climate change in the Caribbean from social science and humanities perspectives?

Speakers:
Francio Guadeloupe (KITLV), Sharelly Emanuelson (KITLV), Wayne Modest (Wereldmuseum), Yina Jimenez Suriel, Charissa Granger (The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine), Aga Kus (KITLV/TU Delft) & Sony Jean (KITLV/Leiden University)

The event will kick off with a tour of the exhibition ‘Between a Dance and Sitting in a Chair‘ by artist and researcher Sharelly Emanuelson.

Program:
• 14.00: Exhibition tour ‘Between a Dance and Sitting in a Chair’
• 14.15: Presentation Sharelly Emanuelson
• 14.30: Introduction Island(er)s at the Helm by Francio Guadeloupe
• 14.40: Presentation Wayne Modest
• 15.10: Online presentation Yina Jimenez Suriel via Zoom
• 15.40: Roundtable discussion with Sharelly Emanuelson, Charissa Granger, Aga Kus & Sony Jean
• 16.30: Q&A with audience
• 17.00: Drinks
• 18.00: End

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