[Peace] After Whiteness Symposium

Mon Oct 6 13:02:51 CDT 2003

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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
>
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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
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