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This month at Close Readings we gather in the kitchen and think together about forming communities – and who is included in those communities – as we continue readings on kitchens, sustainability and invisible labour.Françoise Vergès is a political scientist, historian, activist and public educator whose work focuses on postcolonial studies and decolonial feminism. In this rather long text, Vergès asks ‘who cleans the world?’ and considers how colonial histories and systems of racial exploitation continue to shape the way waste, resources and environmental destruction are distributed across the globe. The concept of ‘waste’ is not only environmental, says Vergès, but also social, with communities treated as disposable under capitalist and colonial frameworks.
The text can be downloaded for free here: https://www.e-flux.com/journal/100/269165/capitalocene-waste-race-and-gender/
You can read the article in advance but do feel very welcome to come unprepared. All levels of engagement and questions are welcome. We want to create a safe and open environment for reflection and learning, even when the reading material is challenging.
Everyone is welcome to join!
ACCESS
The event is spoken in English.
UKS is wheelchair accessible.
We do not have sign language interpretation. Please contact Miriam Wistreich at [email protected] if you require sign language interpretation and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Further information about visiting UKS can be found in our access note here: https://www.uks.no/program/access-note/
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Keysers gate 1, 0165 Oslo, Norway, Keysers gate 1, 0165 Oslo, Norge,Oslo, Norway
