This presentation explores the extent to which decolonial forms of peace and justice depend on the expression and mobilization of counter-catastrophic ideas, artistic creations, and actions that advance the unfinished project of decoloniality.
Nelson Maldonado-Torres is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, Professor Extraordinarious at the University of South Africa, and Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Recent publications include the co-edited book, Decolonial Feminism in Abya Yala: Caribbean, Meso, and South-American Contributions and Challenges (2022) and the co-edited special issue “Fanon, Southern Theory, and Psychoanalysis: Dialogues on Race, Gender, and Sexuality” in Studies in Gender and Sexuality (Fall 2021).
Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.
Sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace with support from the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.