Transnational Feminisms

TFAP@CAA 2020 Day of Panels

February 15, 2020 @ 8:30am – 5:30pm

Hilton Chicago, Continental Ballroom C
720 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605
Free and open to the public

More Details: https://feministartproject.rutgers.edu/tfap-at-caa/

This full-day symposium explores women’s art practice around the world from a decolonial perspective, rejecting the notions of both “woman” and “nation” as fixed subjects and stable categories and challenging an understanding of feminism as a unified and singular entity.

Symposium Chairs
Claudia Calirman (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY) and Tatiana Flores (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)

Presenters
Laura Anderson Barbata, Anonda Bell, Lisa Farrington, Maria Gaspar, Jeffreen Hayes, Agata Jakubowska, Amelia Jones (Keynote address), Laura Kina, Giulia Lamoni, Susette Min, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Melissa Potter, Wanda Raimundi Ortiz, Ana María Reyes, Jenni Sorkin, Edra Soto, Mechtild Widrich

Transnational Feminisms, part 5: Decentering Discourse
4:00 – 5:30 PM

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, University of Rhode Island
The Multiplicity of Re/Presentation

Laura Kina, DePaul University
Decolonizing Memory: Drawing Indigenous Okinawan Hajichi Tattoos

Lisa Farrington, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Priestess/Goddess: The Power of Women in Vodou Culture and Art

Wanda Raimundi Ortiz, University of Central Florida
Performance: Chuleta la Profe Discusses Las Reinas de Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz: Confronting the Pain Body through Performance

View the full schedule here: https://feministartproject.rutgers.edu/calendar/view/13312/