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Conference Announcement
Theme: Contributions to African Phenomenology
Type: International Colloquium
Institution: University of Fort Hare
University of Pretoria
North-West University
Centre for Phenomenology in South Africa (CPSA)
Location: Chintsa (South Africa)
Date: 5.–6.3.2020
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African phenomenology is an emerging subfield within the broader
domain of African and Africana philosophy. The phenomenological
method, with its various approaches to studying the meaning of human
experience, has been a cornerstone in the thought of African
Philosophers such as Paulin Hountondji, Tsenay Serequeberhan and D.A.
Masolo, and proponents of Africana Philosophy such as Frantz Fanon,
Lucius Outlaw and Lewis Gordon. While this philosophical approach has
most evidently informed such thinkers, their contributions are often
‘siloed’, separated from, or neglected in the larger discursive
terrain of African/Africana philosophy,
postcolonialism/decolonisation, and the global phenomenology
movement. The purpose of this colloquium is to explore contributions
of African phenomenology to African/Africana philosophy,
postcolonial/decolonial discourse, and deliberations within the
international phenomenological community.
The event will be centred around four keynote speakers, speaking
individually, and with response papers tailored to their specific
papers.
Keynote speakers:
Lewis Gordon (University of Connecticut)
Paulin Hountondji (Université Nationale du Bénin)
Rozena Maart (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Achille Mbembe (Wits University)
Respondents:
Chris Allsobrook (University of Fort Hare); Thabang Dladla
(University of Limpopo); Louise Du Toit (Stellenbosch University);
Patrick Eldridge (University of New Brunswick); Schalk Gerber
(Stellenbosch University); Albert Kasanda (Czech Academy of
Sciences); M. John Lamola (University of Pretoria); Rianna Oelofsen
(University of Fort Hare); Bernard Matolino (University of
KwaZulu-Natal); Keo Mbebe (University of Pretoria); Uchenna Okeja
(Rhodes University); Abraham Olivier (University of Fort Hare); Alena
Rettova (University of London); Justin Sands (North West
University); Pedro Tabensky (Rhodes University).
Venue:
Crawford Beach Lodge in Chintsa, South Africa
Organisers:
Abraham Olivier (UFH), Justin Sands (NWU), Malesela J. Lamola (UP),
Keo Mbebe (UP)
Program frame:
Day 1:
14:00-14:15 Opening
14:15-16:15 Session one: Achille Mbembe
17:00-19:00 Session two: Rozena Maart
Day 2
9:30-11:30: Session three: Paulin Hountondji
13:00-15:00 Session four: Lewis Gordon
15:30-16:30 Session five: Panel discussion with keynotes and
summative response by Mogobe Ramose
16:30 Close
Contact:
Abraham Olivier
Department of Philosophy
University of Fort Hare
Chris Hani Building
East London
South Africa
Email: [email protected]
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