consent not to be a single being: Worlding through the Caribbean
Keynote by Katherine McKittrick
Worlding Public Cultures research project hosted a major international online conference in partnership with Tate and a programme organised by UAL’s TrAIN Research Centre (Transnational Art Identity Nation). It will explore the legacies of Caribbean thought on global art histories, public culture and activism, complementing Tate Britain’s exhibition: Life Between Islands: British - Caribbean Art 1950s - now.
consent not to be a single being: Worlding Through the Caribbean takes the Caribbean and Caribbean thought as a starting point, to reconsider global histories of art and contemporary public cultures. Drawing on the foundational work of Caribbean thinkers Édouard Glissant, Stuart Hall and Sylvia Wynter, the symposium explores their impact on our understanding of the material, epistemological and ontological repercussions of these Caribbean histories.
Addressing the contested public paces of universities, museums, and cultural institutions, this symposium thinks with and through Glissant, Hall, and Wynter to radically transform our ways of relating to the world around us. The event will include a keynote lecture by celebrated Black studies and Black feminism scholar Katherine McKittrick, as well as five panels covering topics ranging from public culture, education, counter-histories, colonialism, world-making and the environment.
Organised by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational, in collaboration with UAL’s TrAIN Research Centre (Transnational Art Identity Nation) and the TrACE network (Transnational and Transcultural Art Culture Exchange)