Draft Program
Registration and Hotel
Out of town presenters and participants can now register here.
Faculty and students at University of North Florida and members of the Jacksonville community can register here.
You can make your hotel accommodations at the conference hotel here.
Faculty and students at University of North Florida and members of the Jacksonville community can register here.
You can make your hotel accommodations at the conference hotel here.
Conference Theme
The past several years have been characterized by an onslaught of crises and catastrophes: a global pandemic, a continual lethal battle against racism, dramatic weather patterns and forest fires, and the culmination of an imperial tug-of-war between NATO and Russia. We have a lot to critique, from neglectful and exclusionary healthcare policies to inequitable and gendered care burdens to systemic racism to industrial perpetrators of climate change and the entanglement of all this with the profit motive of capitalism and colonial logics. But along with our critiques, we are inspired to build anew as we divest from systems and structures that enforce injustice.
Fredric Jameson said, “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.” Imagining a new world requires a bold and courageous imagination, one that is capable of conceiving radical new realities. Do we truly believe that "another world is possible"? Can we speculate about the concrete details of that world (and/or look to the past for inspiration for the future)? As the title of this year's conference is a nod to Karl Marx's famous adage, "Philosophers have only interpreted the world, the point however is to change it," we hope to share ideas about this process of social transformation, so that theory can transform into practice and the future we hope to see.
Fredric Jameson said, “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.” Imagining a new world requires a bold and courageous imagination, one that is capable of conceiving radical new realities. Do we truly believe that "another world is possible"? Can we speculate about the concrete details of that world (and/or look to the past for inspiration for the future)? As the title of this year's conference is a nod to Karl Marx's famous adage, "Philosophers have only interpreted the world, the point however is to change it," we hope to share ideas about this process of social transformation, so that theory can transform into practice and the future we hope to see.
Overview
Wednesday, November 16th
Opening reception
6pm-8pm at the UNF Gallery
Music by Geexella, a video installation by UNF fine arts student Jordy Bowen, and a pop-up art show by Yellow House and Moving the Margins. Hors d’oeuvre and a cash bar provided.
Thursday, November 17th
Conference sessions
9am-4:45pm at the UNF Student Union West
Keynote
5:15pm-6:45pm at the Herbert University Center UNF
Alfred Frankowski, author of The Post-Racial Limits of Memorialization: Toward a Political Sense of Mourning. Frankowski explores the aesthetic relationship of memorials - especially confederate memorials, their removal, the history of lynching, and the politics of space.
Friday, November 18th
Conference sessions
9am-5pm at the UNF Student Union West
Art & Activism: Legacies of the Black Arts Movements
6:30-8:30pm at the Herbert University Center UNF
Featuring: Baobab Black Arts and Tru Leverette Hall author of With Fists Raised:
Radical Art, Contemporary Activism, and the Iconoclasm of the Black Arts Movement.
Mark Ari—emcee
Tru Leverette Hall—speaking on why black arts matter now
Lenny Foster—photography
Mal Jones—spoken word
Erin Kendrick—painting
Mika Hardison/White Harvest Farm—food/sustenance as art; food security
Nikesha Elise Williams—creative writing
Saturday, November 19th
Conference Sessions
9am-5:30pm at the UNF Student Union West
Keynote and Banquet
6pm-8pm at the Herbert University Center UNF
Peter Frase, author of Four Futures: Life after Capitalism and an editor of Jacobin magazine. Frase imagines how a post-capitalist world might look, deploying the tools of both social science and speculative fiction.
Opening reception
6pm-8pm at the UNF Gallery
Music by Geexella, a video installation by UNF fine arts student Jordy Bowen, and a pop-up art show by Yellow House and Moving the Margins. Hors d’oeuvre and a cash bar provided.
Thursday, November 17th
Conference sessions
9am-4:45pm at the UNF Student Union West
Keynote
5:15pm-6:45pm at the Herbert University Center UNF
Alfred Frankowski, author of The Post-Racial Limits of Memorialization: Toward a Political Sense of Mourning. Frankowski explores the aesthetic relationship of memorials - especially confederate memorials, their removal, the history of lynching, and the politics of space.
Friday, November 18th
Conference sessions
9am-5pm at the UNF Student Union West
Art & Activism: Legacies of the Black Arts Movements
6:30-8:30pm at the Herbert University Center UNF
Featuring: Baobab Black Arts and Tru Leverette Hall author of With Fists Raised:
Radical Art, Contemporary Activism, and the Iconoclasm of the Black Arts Movement.
Mark Ari—emcee
Tru Leverette Hall—speaking on why black arts matter now
Lenny Foster—photography
Mal Jones—spoken word
Erin Kendrick—painting
Mika Hardison/White Harvest Farm—food/sustenance as art; food security
Nikesha Elise Williams—creative writing
Saturday, November 19th
Conference Sessions
9am-5:30pm at the UNF Student Union West
Keynote and Banquet
6pm-8pm at the Herbert University Center UNF
Peter Frase, author of Four Futures: Life after Capitalism and an editor of Jacobin magazine. Frase imagines how a post-capitalist world might look, deploying the tools of both social science and speculative fiction.
Contact
For further information, contact the conference Program Committee:
Tiffany Montoya, Program Committee Chair: [email protected]
Jess Dillard-Wright, Program Committee: [email protected]
Pedro Lebron Ortiz, Program Committee: [email protected]
Brandon Absher, Program Committee and RPA Co-Coordinator: [email protected]
Sarah Vitale, Program Committee and RPA Co-Coordinator: [email protected]
Sarah LaChance Adams, Program Committee and Onsite Conference Organizer: [email protected]
Tiffany Montoya, Program Committee Chair: [email protected]
Jess Dillard-Wright, Program Committee: [email protected]
Pedro Lebron Ortiz, Program Committee: [email protected]
Brandon Absher, Program Committee and RPA Co-Coordinator: [email protected]
Sarah Vitale, Program Committee and RPA Co-Coordinator: [email protected]
Sarah LaChance Adams, Program Committee and Onsite Conference Organizer: [email protected]
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