From left to right: Tareq Sydiq, Siddharth Tripathi, Madina Tlostanova, Filiberto Penados.
The first Think Lab of the network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict Studies took place at the ABI on the 5thand 6th of October 2022. During these two days, the network provided a dialogic space for scholars of the network and invited guest speakers to deliberate and exchange perspectives on the conceptual tenets of the research network, namely: postcoloniality, decoloniality, and hierarchies. Building on an interactive format, the participants scrutinized the different meanings attached to each concept, their temporal and geographical trajectories, their origins and context-specific translations. The Think Lab offered an arena to collectively interrogate, reflect, and create analytical/interpretive perspectives on how to understand, explore, and question postcolonial hierarchies in peace and conflict (studies).
Among the invited speakers figured:
- Prof. Dr. Madina Tlostanova (Linköping University)
- Prof. Dr. Layla D. Brown (Northeastern University)
- Dr. Amya Agarwal (Arnold Bergstraesser Institute)
- Prof. Dr. Emery Mudinga (Anganza Institute, Bukavu series)
- Dr. Roxana Willis (LSE/FRIAS)
- Prof. Dr. Piro Rexhepi (Southern New Hampshire University)
- Dr. Mahdis Azarmandi (Canterbury University)
- Dr. Filiberto Penados (Galen University/CELA Belize)
- Dr. Emile Sunjo (University of Buea & University of Oxford)
On the evening of the 5th of October 2022, participants attended a hybrid Public Lecture at the University of Freiburg, held by Paul Basu (University of Bonn) on “Colonial Heritage & Knowledge Production in Conflict”. The lecture was chaired by Prof. Dr. Andreas Mehler (ABI Freiburg / Hierarchies) and followed by commentaries by Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel (University of Marburg / Hierarchies) and Dr. Siddharth Tripathi (University of Erfurt / Hierarchies).
After the two days of the event, participants were invited to visit the Exhibition “Handle with care – Sensitive Objects of the Ethnological Collection” at the Museum Natur und Mensch in Freiburg.
The network "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict" (Hierarchies) is a collaborative project of the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI) Freiburg, the Center for Conflict Studies at the Philipps University Marburg, the University of Bayreuth, and the University of Erfurt. It is an interdisciplinary research initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
More impressions of this event on twitter: @postcolh22
