[Peace-discuss] After Whiteness Symposium

Tue Oct 7 14:03:01 CDT 2003

check out White on Black: Images of Africa and Blacks in Western Popular
Culture by Jan Nederveen Pieterse, who will be speaking at the symposium.

you can read some reviews at http://www.yale.edu/yup/books/050208.htm

Lisa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ricky Baldwin" <baldwinricky at yahoo.com>
To: "Aprel Thomas" <aprel at uiuc.edu>; <Peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] After Whiteness Symposium

> Hi-
>
> Is this keynote about the visual arts, too.  I'm
> intrigued by the "after whiteness" theme, but I'm
> afraid I don't know a lot about art ...
>
> Ricky
> --- Aprel Thomas <aprel at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > Please forward.  Many thanks!
> >
> > >The Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
> > presents
> > >
> > >October 11 - Symposium: "After Whiteness: Race and
> > the Visual Arts,"
> > >co-organized by Suk Ja Kang Engles and Tim Engles.
> > Location: Levis Faculty
> > >Center, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
> > >
> > >Ten members of three panels' including artists,
> > curators, and historians' will
> > >address ramifications of the new Critical Whiteness
> > Studies for the study,
> > >practice, and appreciation of contemporary visual
> > arts.
> > >
> > >Whiteness and Visual Space: David R. Roediger,
> > Tyler Stallings, and Laurie
> > >Hogin
> > >
> > >Whiteness and the Artist: Charlene Teters, Adrian
> > Piper, and Tana Hargest
> > >
> > >Whiteness and Art History: Rachel DeLue
> > (Moderator), Kymberly Pinder, John
> > >Bowles, and Jan Nederveen Pieterse.
> > >
> > >This event will culminate in a keynote address by
> > Adrian Piper, described
> > >below.
> > >
> > >3:30 p.m. - "Now What? Awakening from the Dream of
> > Whiteness"
> > >Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South
> > Gregory, Urbana (A
> > >CAS/MillerComm Lecture)
> > >
> > >Adrian Piper, Artist and Professor, Department of
> > Philosophy, Wellesley
> > >College
> > >
> > >
> > >      Now that we know that the concept of race was
> > developed in order to
> > >rationalize slavery in the Americas and has no
> > legitimate use, meaning, or
> > >reference, how do we deal with the blatant
> > inequities in wealth, status, and
> > >opportunities inherited from the fictional concept
> > of whiteness? In
> > >particular, how do "whites" who have benefited from
> > this fiction deal with
> > >them?
> > >
> > >      This talk is part of a symposium on "After
> > Whiteness: Race and the
> > >Visual
> > >Arts" held earlier in the day at the Levis Faculty
> > Center by the Center on
> > >Democracy in a Multiracial Society. Adrian Piper's
> > talk will be sponsored by:
> > >Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, the
> > Center for Advanced Study,
> > >and the School of Art and Design, and in
> > conjunction with: Afro-American
> > >Studies and Research Program, College of Fine and
> > Applied Arts, Gender and
> > >Women's Studies Program, Illinois Program for
> > Research in the Humanities,
> > >Krannert Art Museum, Office of the Chancellor,
> > School of Art and Design, Art
> > >Education Program, Narrative Media Program,
> > Painting Program, Spurlock Museum,
> > >and the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
> > Program.
> > >
> > >Follow this link to view the conference poster and
> > complete schedule.
> > >
> > >http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cftde/afterwhiteness.html
> > >
> > >
> > >Aprel L. Thomas
> > >Assistant to the Director/Office Manager
> > >Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
> > >1108 Stoughton
> > >Urbana, IL 61801, MC-253
> > >Ph: (217) 244-0188
> > >Fax: (217) 333-8122
> > >
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> > >The Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
> > presents
> > >
> > >October 11 - Symposium: "After Whiteness: Race and
> > the Visual Arts,"
> > >co-organized by Suk Ja Kang Engles and Tim Engles.
> > Location: Levis Faculty
> > >Center, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
> > >
> > >Ten members of three panels' including artists,
> > curators, and historians'
> > >will
> > >address ramifications of the new Critical Whiteness
> > Studies for the study,
> > >practice, and appreciation of contemporary visual
> > arts.
> > >
> > >Whiteness and Visual Space: David R. Roediger,
> > Tyler Stallings, and Laurie
> > >Hogin
> > >
> > >Whiteness and the Artist: Charlene Teters, Adrian
> > Piper, and Tana Hargest
> > >
> > >Whiteness and Art History: Rachel DeLue
> > (Moderator), Kymberly Pinder, John
> > >Bowles, and Jan Nederveen Pieterse.
> > >
> > >This event will culminate in a keynote address by
> > Adrian Piper, described
> > >below.
> > >
> > >3:30 p.m. - "Now What? Awakening from the Dream of
> > Whiteness"
> > >Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South
> > Gregory, Urbana (A
> > >CAS/MillerComm Lecture)
> > >
> > >Adrian Piper, Artist and Professor, Department of
> > Philosophy, Wellesley
> > >College
> > >
> > >
> > >      Now that we know that the concept of race was
> > developed in order to
> > >rationalize slavery in the Americas and has no
> > legitimate use, meaning, or
> > >reference, how do we deal with the blatant
> > inequities in wealth, status, and
> > >opportunities inherited from the fictional concept
> > of whiteness? In
> > >particular, how do "whites" who have benefited from
> > this fiction deal with
> > >them?
> > >
> > >      This talk is part of a symposium on "After
> > Whiteness: Race and the
> > > Visual
> > >Arts" held earlier in the day at the Levis Faculty
> > Center by the Center on
> > >Democracy in a Multiracial Society. Adrian Piper's
> > talk will be sponsored by:
> > >Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, the
> > Center for Advanced Study,
> > >and the School of Art and Design, and in
> > conjunction with: Afro-American
> > >Studies and Research Program, College of Fine and
> > Applied Arts, Gender and
> > >Women's Studies Program, Illinois Program for
> > Research in the Humanities,
> > >Krannert Art Museum, Office of the Chancellor,
> > School of Art and Design, Art
> > >Education Program, Narrative Media Program,
> > Painting Program, Spurlock
> > >Museum,
> > >and the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
> > Program.
> > >
> > >Follow this link to view the conference poster and
> > complete schedule.
> > >
> > >http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cftde/afterwhiteness.html
> >
> >
> > Aprel L. Thomas
> > Assistant to the Director/Office Manager
> > Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
> > 1108 Stoughton
> > Urbana, IL 61801, MC-253
> > Ph: (217) 244-0188
> > Fax: (217) 333-8122
> > Visit us on the web at http://cdms.ds.uiuc.edu
>
>
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