Fw: [Peace-discuss] After Whiteness Symposium

Aprel Thomas aprel at uiuc.edu
Thu Oct 9 15:35:15 CDT 2003


Mr. Baldwin,

I'll add you to our list.  I did receive another complaint moments ago from 
someone else.  I've been advising people that the PEACE list has been 
removed.  Thanks for your note.  Aprel :)

At 01:19 PM 10/9/2003 -0700, Ricky Baldwin wrote:
>Sorry Aprel, Lisa, and everyone-
>
>This one is my fault.  I responded to the symposium
>announcement with a question, and was glad to have the
>answer.  I should have just asked Aprel, and not
>included the whole list, but I thought others might
>have a similar question.
>
>I plan to attend and I'm really sorry and embarrassed
>for any any friction this may have caused.  =-o
>
>I think the Center's work sounds admirable and
>valuable, and I'd like to be on the mailing list
>myself (as I also don't think we should have AWARE's
>list signed up on other lists).  As Lisa said, those
>who are on the list can forward anything that seems
>appropriate.  I hope these two groups can work
>together in some way.
>
>Ricky
>--- Lisa Chason <chason at shout.net> wrote:
> > just so you all know I'm doing what I can!!
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lisa Chason
> > To: Aprel Thomas
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] After Whiteness
> > Symposium
> >
> >
> > Aprel-- Please -- don't send things to
> > peace-discuss at lists.groogroo.com from
> > CDMSlistserv!!! I thought you told me earlier today
> > you had removed the group's address? The message
> > below came to the peace-discuss list. They don't
> > want to receive items from other listservs. Please
> > communicate directly with me and I'll post anything
> > I think they'd like to know about. I keep getting
> > messages about this so please, TAKE peace-discuss
> > OFF YOUR MAILING LIST.
> > Thanks,
> > Lisa
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Aprel Thomas
> >   To: CDMS-L at LISTSERV.UIUC.EDU
> >   Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 11:51 AM
> >   Subject: [Peace-discuss] After Whiteness Symposium
> >
> >
> >   This is meant to be meaningful to those not in the
> > art world.
> >
> >
> >     From: "Lisa Chason" <chason at shout.net>
> >     To: "Ricky Baldwin" <baldwinricky at yahoo.com>,
> > "Aprel Thomas" <aprel at uiuc.edu>,
> >        <Peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
> >     Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] After Whiteness
> > Symposium
> >     Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:03:01 -0500
> >     X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express
> > 6.00.2800.1158
> >
> >     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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> >     > > >From: Aprel Thomas <aprel at uiuc.edu>
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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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Aprel L. Thomas
Assistant to the Director/Office Manager
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
1108 Stoughton
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