The Macquarie University Ethics & Agency Research Centre is organising a two-day interdisciplinary workshop on decolonisation and the future of race. 

This is a hybrid workshop (both in-person and online).

Date: September 2^nd & 3^rd

Location: Macquarie University, Michael Kirby Building (17 Wally’s Walk), Moot Court (Level 2).

Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-in-the-modern-world-part-2-decolonisation-and-the-future-of-race-tickets-989987538377?aff=oddtdtcreator

In this workshop, we bring together a diverse range of scholars to reflect on the issues of decolonisation, race, racialisation, & racism from a non-US-centric perspective. In doing so, we intend to address questions such as:

A. How should we understand the concepts of race and racism?

B. What should we do about colonial racial terminology (e.g., ‘mixed-race’)?

C. How can we decolonise the academy, especially philosophy?

D. How should we resist racism, both structurally and institutionally?

E. What obligations do dominant racialised people have regarding racism?

Importantly, this workshop’s focus is distinctively intersectional.

Schedule

Day One (Monday, September 2^nd):

Arrival: 9:30am

Welcome to Country: 9:45am

1.     Oscar Davis (Bond): 10:00am – 11:30am

2.     karo moret-miranda (ANU): 11:30am – 1:00pm

Lunch: 1:00pm – 2:00pm

3.     Krushil Watene (Auckland): 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Break: 3:30pm – 4:00pm

4.     Phila Msimang (Stellenbosch): 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Day Two (Tuesday, September 3^rd):

Arrival: 9:45am

5.     Taylor-Jai McCalister (MQ): 10:00 am – 11:30am

6.     Swati Arora, Katrina Hutchison, Wendy Rogers (MQ): 11:30pm – 1:00pm 

Lunch: 1:00pm – 2:30pm

7.     Supriya Subramani (USyd): 2:30pm – 4:00pm

Break: 4:00pm – 4:15pm

8.     Alana Lentin (WSU): 4:15pm – 5:45pm