{"id":1730,"date":"2014-11-01T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T12:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.damne.net\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:26:47","slug":"material-matters-in-times-of-crisis-capitalism-transnational-feminist-and-decolonial-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/?p=1730","title":{"rendered":"Material Matters in Times of Crisis Capitalism: Transnational Feminist and Decolonial Approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International Conference, 13th \u2013 15th November 2014
\nInstitute of Sociology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen
\nhttp:\/\/materialmattersconference.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The question of materiality has emerged as a central topic in studies concerned with the body, affect, sexuality, bio-politics and digital culture in recent years. Under the umbrella term \u201cnew materialism\u201d, this interdisciplinary and multifaceted academic debate seems to have revived a Marxist vocabulary. Yet, the question of why \u201cmateriality\u201d matters in times of crisis capitalism is rather absent in this debate.<\/p>\n

Starting from the assumption that crisis is not exceptional in capitalism but its constant companion and that it represents the foundation from which the modern\/colonial world system has evolved, this conference draws on critical feminist economics and decolonial feminist thought and practice on material matters.<\/p>\n

The conference has three inter-related aims: first, to examine from transnational feminist perspectives the impact of the global crisis on people\u2019s livelihoods; second, to explore the theoretical contributions of the triad of feminism, coloniality and political economy; and, third, to consider critical feminist economics and decolonial approaches to thinking alternative economies and convivial futures.<\/p>\n

In this spirit we have invited key contemporary thinkers, who have linked academic work to political activism and social intervention. Confirmed keynote speakers are:
\n* Prof Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia University)
\n* Prof Rhoda Reddock (University of the West Indies, St. Augustine)
\n* Prof Lourdes Bener\u00eda (Cornell University)
\n* Prof G\u00fclay Toks\u00f6z (Ankara University)
\n* Ms Gladys Elizabeth Tzul Tzul (Benem\u00e9rita Universidad de Puebla)
\n* Prof Marina Gr\u017eini\u0107 (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)<\/p>\n

This conference also calls for contributions from activists and artists in a variety of formats such as blogs, radio programmes, video clips and performances on the following themes (though these are by no means exhaustive):<\/p>\n

* Between Crisis and Change: Feminism, Living Well and Conviviality
\n* Queer, Transgender and Feminist approaches to Decolonizing Political Economy
\n* Political Economy and Livelihood
\n* Austerity, Gender & Migration
\n* Alternatives to Crisis Capitalism: From Time-Banks to the Politics of Affect<\/p>\n

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International Conference, 13th \u2013 15th November 2014
\nInstitute of Sociology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen<\/p>\n

Crisis is not exceptional in capitalism but its constant companion. It represents the foundation from which the modern\/colonial world system has evolved. This conference draws on critical feminist economics and decolonial feminist thought and practice on material matters. The question of materiality has emerged as a central topic in recent years. Under the umbrella term \u201cnew materialism\u201d, this interdisciplinary and multifaceted academic debate seems to have revived a Marxist vocabulary. Yet, the question of why \u201cmateriality\u201d matters in times of crisis capitalism is rather absent in this debate. We are considering this question by three interrelated aims: first, to examine from transnational feminist perspectives the impact of the global crisis on people\u2019s livelihoods; second, to explore the theoretical contributions of the triad of feminism, coloniality and political economy; and, third, to consider critical feminist economics and decolonial approaches to thinking alternative economies and convivial futures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42,5,3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4994,"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/4994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.damne.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}