BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250623T074430EDT-5812ueIn4U@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250623T114430Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Philip S. S. Howard and Camille Turner : Installation\, Per formance\, Conversation\n\nFriday\, November 9 and Saturday\, November 10\ , 2018\n\nTo celebrate the first anniversary of the traveling project Arts Against Postracialism\, we welcome Dr. Philip Howard\, professor in the D epartment of Integrated Studies in Education at 51Թ and Cami lle Turner\, multidisciplinary artist\, to review the project\, the exhibi tion and their results. The occasion will also be highlighted by the prese ntation of Camille Turner’s Afronautic Research Lab.\n\nLed by Dr. Philip Howard in collaboration with artist/curator Camille Turner in 2017\, The A rts Against Postracialism: Strengthening Resistance Against Contemporary C anadian Blackface is a SSHRC-funded knowledge mobilization initiative that challenged blackface and postracialism by supporting efforts to challenge them on several Canadian University campuses. This initiative built on Ho ward’s earlier research that investigated instances of blackface as they o ccur in the contemporary moment in Canada\, and which argues that this pro blematic phenomenon is rooted in Canadian settler-colonial relations in th eir anti-black iterations.\n\nThe Afronautic Research Lab uses performance and social practice art to bring participants into contact with archival and documentary evidence revealing the roots of anti-Blackness in and beyo nd Canada. The Afronauts are inspired by the stories of the Dogon people o f Mali. These space travellers left earth 10\,000 years ago and have retur ned to their home planet to save it. They invite citizen researchers into their Afronautic Research Lab\, a dark reading room where primary archival materials such as 18th century Canadian newspapers containing ads posted by Canadian slave owners can be contemplated using flash lights and magnif ying glasses. An audio loop provides a sonic guide to the social history i n which this evidence emerges. The lab enables a reflection on how the pas t has shaped the present and point to the future.\n\nPhilip S. S. Howard i s Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at 51Թ.  He works in the areas of critical race studies\, a nti-colonial studies\, and Black Canadian Studies/anti-Blackness in educat ion.  His broad interests are in the social relations\, pedagogical proces ses\, and epistemological frames that mediate the ways we come to know our selves\, create community\, and exercise agency in/against formal\, non-fo rmal and informal educational spaces.  His current research projects inves tigate the contemporary Canadian blackface as a postracialist phenomenon\, and Black people’s agency in educational contexts in Toronto\, Halifax\, and Montreal.\n\nCamille Turner is an explorer of race\, space\, home and belonging. Born in Jamaica and currently based in Toronto\, her work combi nes Afrofuturism and historical research. Her interventions\, installation s and public engagements have been presented throughout Canada and interna tionally. Camille graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design and Yor k University’s Masters in Environmental Studies program where she is curre ntly a PhD candidate.\n\nThe event is divided in three parts:\n\n\n The Afr onautic Research Lab installation: Open Friday\, November 9 and Saturday\, November 10\, 2018 from noon to 5 pm.\n Camille Turner performances: Frida y\, November 9 and Saturday\, November 10\, 2018 from noon to 2 pm.\n The c onversation between Philip Howard and Camille Turner\, led by Joana Joachi m: Saturday\, November 10 2018 at 3 pm.\n\n DTSTART:20181109T170000Z DTEND:20181110T220000Z SUMMARY:After “Arts Against Postracialism” URL:/aapr/channels/event/after-arts-against-postracial ism-291529 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR