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Talk by Gitanjali Pyndiah organised by MA Art and Politics Group Project Students
As part of MA Art and Politics Group Project, Pwezi Ayisyen would like to extend an invitation to a talk by Gitanjali Pyndiah
What are the functions of mother tongues? How do art practices incorporate language to subvert dominant aesthetics? This talk will draw from my PhD research on the visual and Creole sonic cultures of the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and will address three aspects:
• Colonial suppression of African mother tongues in the black diaspora and the new Creole 'autopoietic languaging living system’, articulated by Sylvia Wynter as ‘autopoiesis’, a process of self-creation that implies the praxis of creating possibilities of life and culture under regimes of oppression;
• Nationalist language activism (codification and the literary and scribal aspect of oral languages);
• The aural, sonic, embodied and performative aspect of Creole through creative practices (music of protest, dance and the sonic body and performative historiographies) in the language.”
The event will kick start with an introduction to our group project, followed by the main lecture and Q&As. In her talk, Gitanjali will also draw on relevant similarities and/or differences between Mauritius and Haiti, on issues central to our own research.
Monday 19 March 2018, 5pm, RHB 137a, Goldsmith’s.
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*Gitanjali Pyndiah is a London based Mauritian writer and researcher in Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths. Her present research and publications look at decolonial historiographies of the Indian Ocean (in parallel with the Caribbean) and creative practices in Creole mother tongues. She is also engaged in creative writing.
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Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2018 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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