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Conference Announcement Theme: Knowing the Distance Subtitle: Intersectional, Decolonial and Affective Approaches to Knowledge Type: International Workshop Institution: Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy, University of Vienna Location: Vienna (Austria) – Online Date: 19.5.2022 __________________________________________________ This workshop explores critical approaches to the marginalisation of knowers and knowledges. With an awareness of the distance between differently situated knowers, a recognition of the pervasiveness of coloniality in epistemology, and an acknowledgment of the plurality of axes of oppression, this workshop brings together intersectional, decolonial, and affective approaches to knowledge. Primarily, we explore the possible roles for empathy or affective engagement in sharing knowledges across epistemic distance — and the role of affective-embodied knowledge in resistant and emancipatory epistemologies themselves. The workshop format is primarily discursive, encouraging ongoing exchange between participants and attendees. We strongly encourage and warmly invite the participation of anyone interested in these issues, academically, socially, politically or personally. Workshop attendance is free and very much open to everyone. Schedule: May 19. 2022, 10.00-16.00h (CEST) 10.00-11.00: "Knowledge, Power, & Resistance: The Role of Resistant Knowledge Projects in Building Coalitions Against Oppression" Kelly Agra (University College Dublin & University of the Philippines) 11.30-12.30: "Can empathy help to counter-act epistemic violence and injustices?" [provisional title] Taynna Marino (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) 13.30-14.30: "Academic Violence - Why are BIPoC* not being heard? Decolonial resistance against academic failures of hearing and acting towards all marginalized people" Tường Vi Nguyễn (FU Berlin) 15.00-16.00: "How can affective engagement help bridge the gulf between differently situated knowers?" Rhona J. Flynn (University of Vienna / Messerli Research Institute) Full details, abstracts, and online registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intersectional-decolonial-and-affective-approaches-to-knowledge-tickets-323414400177 Contact: Rhona J. Flynn Unit of Human-Animal Ethics Messerli Research Institute University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Vienna (Austria) Email: rhona.fl...@vetmeduni.ac.at __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
