Teach-in on de/coloniality and our place in Europe

Who?

Carla Vitantonio

What?

In this teach-in session, I would like to invite participants to build together a reflection on coloniality in our own system and culture. I am assuming that most of us come from different places, located at variable distance from the mainstream European culture (system, society, model, whatever), and from this unique perspective each one will contribute to the session, following Haraway’s inspiration (1988, 2016) and creating a temporary web of kin.For this purpose, I will give a short theoretical introduction based on the colonial matrix of power (Quijano 2000, 2007), and embodied by my own experience of queer, stigmatized woman, migrant and daughter of migrants.
If you are inspired, before joining the session you can listen to my podcast “Living decoloniality”.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Independent researcher, humanitarian and development professional, performer: Carla Vitantonio focuses, throughout her work, on coloniality and on its impact on communities, practices and knowledges. She lived and worked in North Korea, Myanmar, and Cuba, engaging in community disaster preparedness, social justice, and crisis management. In 2022 she started “Living decoloniality”, a toolkit that collects decolonial practices through the aid sector, which became a podcast, and is produced by the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership. She is a member of the board of the International Humanitarian Studies Association. In 2022 she was awarded the honor of Cavaliere all’Ordine della Stella d’Italia for her action in the humanitarian sector.
Her current research looks at coloniality and subalternity in Italy.