Donderdag 13 Februari 2014

Florence Bernault, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Firstly, Bernault traces how colonialism was a crucial moment for reconfiguring ideas of personal and collective agency. Contemporary dilemmas about human and super-human power in Africa cannot be understood without reconstructing the fierce battles that occurred over social reproduction, the value of the human body and the efficacy of machines, objects and charms. Secondly, Bernault does not view colonizers in Africa as global and rational agents but as intimate and intrusive actors in a mutual recomposing of shared cosmologies of power. Please register.

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The cinema of Morocco has had a revival in recent years: production is increasing, films are selected and win awards in international festivals. This new cinema has become an important aspect of contemporary Moroccan culture and it expresses adequately the ‘imaginaire’ of the country. To get a better grasp on and gain more insight in this, in each of seven lectures a Moroccan film will be viewed at the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. The film will be preceded or followed by a discussion between Moroccan French writers/directors and some other prominent speakers. They all address the contradictions of this time period; the acceleration of progress in juxtaposition with a traditional society.

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