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International Conference: Material Matters in Times of Crisis Capitalism. Transnational Feminist and Decolonial Approaches

International Conference (German/English/Spanish)

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13.11.2014 16:00 bis 15.11.2014 19:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC100)

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Institute of Sociology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen

Name des Kontakts

Telefon des Kontakts

Tel.: 0641/99 23224

Teilnehmer

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia University), Lourdes Benería (Cornell University), Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez(University of Giessen), Rhoda Reddock(University of the West Indies), Gülay Toksöz (Ankara University), Beatriz Padilla (University of Minho), Marina Gržinic (Academy of Fine Arts, Viena), Gladys Tzul (Benemérita Universidad de Puebla), Yuderkys Espinoza (GLEFAS and University of Buenos Aires)

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Crisis is not exceptional in capitalism but its
constant companion. It represents the foundation
from which the modern/colonial world system
has evolved. This conference draws on critical
feminist economics and decolonial feminist
thought and practice on material matters. The
question of materiality has emerged as a central
topic in recent years. Under the umbrella term
“new materialism”, this interdisciplinary and
multifaceted academic debate seems to have revived
a Marxist vocabulary. Yet, the question of
why “materiality” matters in times of crisis capitalism
is rather absent in this debate. We are
considering this question by three inter-related
aims: first, to examine from transnational feminist
perspectives the impact of the global crisis
on people’s livelihoods; second, to explore the
theoretical contributions of the triad of feminism,
coloniality and political economy; and,
third, to consider critical feminist economics and
decolonial approaches to thinking alternative
economies and convivial futures.