RAIFF 2021 - P16c - Global Black Lives Matter

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Panel 16c - Global Black Lives Matter: representations of resistance, memory and politics | Collaborations

Convenors: Raminder Kaur (University of Sussex), Mariagiulia Grassilli (University of Sussex)

Short abstract: We explore representations and performances against racism as ‘catalytic signifiers’ that contribute to empowering narratives and uprisings, whilst investigating the ripple effects that re-thinking and reclaiming icons - films, statues, monuments, sounds etc. - have for social change and equality.

Papers:

• Indigenous solidarity, discourse, and activism with Black Lives Matter
  Author: Sonia Chinn (The Village School)

• African Migrant Struggles In Italy: The Narrative Behind Jallow’s Arrest
  Author: Emilia Melossi (University of Sussex)

• For subversive political aesthetics: mestizo performances challenging monuments of whiteness in Santiago’s urban space
  Author: Olivia Casagrande (University of Manchester), Claudio Alvarado Lincopi (Universidad Católica de Chile)

• Moi, un Noir: Affirmation of, or antagonism against coloniality?
  Author: Sol Carroll (University of Sussex)

• Interrogating “Diversity” Through Collaborative Film in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Berlin - Contesting White Supremacy
  Author: Damani Partridge (University of Michigan)

Background image: Film still from AfriCompleXCities by Fatou-Seydi Sarr. Image by Damani Partridge.