Cecile Emeke's Strolling a Digital Space of Afroeuropean Community
Polo Moji (HU Berlin / University of Cape Town), WOC Research Center lecture series #2 on Cecile Emeke’s work in creating a digital space for Afroeuropean community
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Símbolos y discursos en la comunidad digital afrofeminista – un homeplace digital para la resistencia antirracista
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In this talk, Ximena analyzed various digital formats created and/or coordinated by members of the Afrofeminist community in Spain and Latin America (e. g., Afroféminas, Afrocolectiva, Afrochingonas).
Schwarze deutsche Lyrik als transmediale Netz_Werke lesen. Überlegungen zu Poetiken und Politiken der (Im)Mobilität und Relationalität
On January 21, 2024, Claudia Sackl gave the first guest lecture of the WOC Research Center lecture series at U Bremen. In her talk she explored Black German poetry as transmedial net_works.
Transmedial Articulations of Blackness and Afrocyberactivism in Spain
Exploring digital self-positionings of Afro-Spaniards through online media
Contradictory Realms: Patriarchal Materiality and Feminist Metaphysics in Digital Dimensions
In this Opening Lecture of the WOC Research Center Digital Diaspora, social critic and writer Minna Salami explored the intersection of patriarchal materiality and feminist metaphysics in digital spaces.
The Black Diaspora in Western Andalusia from a Historical-Anthropological Perspective
The doctoral fellow of the ERC project, Andrea Rueda Herrera (U Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla) presented her current research on Afrodescendant communities in Gibraleón, Spain, in the context of the WOC Agora series at U Bremen.
Afrociberactivismos – Round Table with Ngoy R. Ngoma (AfroDiccionario), Odome Agone (U Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar), Julia Borst (U Bremen)
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Jornadas Afroeurop@s, 2 October 2024, U León (Spain)
How and Why Do Literary Scholars Study Websites? Insights into a Research Project on Afroeuropean Activism in the Digital Space
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In July 2024, Julia presented the ERC project AFROEUROPECYBERSPACE as an invited speaker in the context of the Research Seminar of the ZeMKI (Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research) of U Bremen.
Writing Diaspora in the 21st Century: Medial Transitions in Postdigital Times
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International conference, organized by Julia Borst and Linda Maeding (UCM), May 30-31, 2024, Complutense University of Madrid
El humor al servicio del afrociberactivismo en España: Asaari Bibang y Lamine Thior
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This round table with Odome Angone (Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar) and María Ignacia Schulz (International University of La Rioja) revolved around the issue of the growing visibility of African and Afrodescendant writers, artists and activists from Spain on the internet and the notion of anti-racist humor.