Doris and Ted Lee Gathering Room CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA. Open to Public.
The yearlong Sawyer Seminar seeks to understand contemporary contestation over citizenship and belonging by Afrodescendants in Latin America, situating these struggles within long-term, historical patterns of nation building, racial stratification, and political mobilization. It will explore the struggles and experiences of citizenship of this vastly heterogeneous group, which have been starkly uneven across time and across (and within) countries. The Seminar will also ask what these differences can teach us, including how these Afro-Latin American perspectives can help inform our understanding of race and racism. To do so, the proposed seminar will examine four interrelated questions that will guide our comparative analysis of what we believe are three pathways to Afrodescendant citizenship that have guided, and continue to guide, experiences in Latin America.
Invited Guests: Gessiane Nazario and Pastor Elias Murillo
Gessiane Nazario: Mulher quilombola da Rasa, em Armação dos Búzios, RJ. Brasil. Autora do livro Revolta do Cachimbo: a luta pela terra no Quilombo da Caveira. Professora da Rede Municipal em Armação dos Búzios. Co-fundadora do coletivo de Educação da CONAQ. Pós-doutoranda em História Comparada na UFRJ. Doutora em Educação pela UFRJ. Mestre em sociologia pela UFF. Graduada em pedagogia pela UFF.
Pastor Elias Murillo: Abogado y doctor Honoris Causa. Miembro del Foro Permanente sobre los Afrodescendientes, de las Naciones Unidas y consejero del Observatorio Afrodescendientes Internacional. Cuenta con más de 27 años de incidencia internacional en la agenda de los afrodescendientes y 17 años de experiencia a nivel directivo y asesor de los Ministerios del Interior y de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia. Fue miembro y vicepresidente del Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial de la ONU, entre otras organizaciones internacionales. Autor de varios ensayos y columnas de opinión sobre racismo y afrodescendientes.
Moderated by: Yanilda González
