Feminism, Interrupted
With a focus on analysis and strategy, it will trace the origins of their Marxist, anti-imperialist social movements as well as the political context in which they arose. It will encourage participants to use speculation and other creative methods to engage with this history and to think through its impact on contemporary forms of organising.
Who is this course for?
Everyone regardless of political organising experience/ level of theoretical understanding.
What can I expect?
This course will be taught primarily using presentation, discussion, handouts, collective reading and forms of creative practice: free-writing and speculation.
Will I need any equipment or materials?
Pen/paper or a laptop to make notes.
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Need to Know
You will learn
- Theoretical groundings for black feminist practice in Britain and their legacies (the utility of Marxist, anti-imperialist frameworks)
- Tensions/confluences in political movements initiated by woc/black feminist organising formations
- The utility of speculation as a means of historiography
- Political context of Britain in the 70/80s, Stuart Hall’s notion of “conjunctural politics”
Meet the Tutor
Lola Olufemi
Lola Olufemi is a black feminist writer and Stuart Hall foundation researcher from London based in the Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media at the University of Westminster. Her work focuses on the uses of the feminist imagination and its relationship to cultural production, political demands and futurity. She is author of Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power (Pluto Press, 2020), Experiments in Imagining Otherwise (Hajar Press, 2021) and a member of 'bare minimum', an interdisciplinary anti-work arts collective.
Dates and Times
Feminism, Interrupted
, 8:20 - 10:20
