[2021] Decentering Conceptions of Living Together

This workshop is organized in the framework of the new interdisciplinary research project RePLITO (Global Repertoires of Living Together) in which researchers from the Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and international partners cooperate. RePLITO takes marginalized repertoires of living together as its starting point to rethink social cohesion from a transregional perspective. We explore how social actors in politically and conceptually neglected regions of the Global South and within Europe’s margins imagine and practice communal life and create bonds. Our central goal is to create a dynamic digital archive that gathers and conceptualizes global repertoires of living together in their interconnections and interdependencies. Starting from this approach, the present workshop searches for promoting a transdisciplinary dialog between scholars and activists from Latin America and South Africa involving concepts of living together and political perspectives for promoting convivial cultures. The workshop will take place in the format of digital conference with livestreaming. Simultaneous translation for English, Spanish, and Portuguese will be available.

Topics and Invited Participants
Decentering genealogies of living together – 25 November 2021, 5:00 – 7:00 pm (CET)
Flávia Rios (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Sanya Osha (University of Cape Town)
Reginald Oduor (University of Nairobi)
Moderator: Kai Kresse (Freie Universität Berlin/ZMO)
Workshop here.

Performativity, Activism, Praxis – 26 November 2021, 2:30-4:30 pm (CET)
Hourya Bentouhami (Université de Toulouse II)
Jhon Antón Sánchez (Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales from Ecuador)
Oritsegbubemi Anthony Oyowe (University of the Western Cape)
Moderator: Sergio Costa (Freie Universität Berlin/Mecila)
Workshop here.

Critical Confabulations – 26 November 2021, 5:00 – 7:00 pm (CET)
Alex Ratts (Universidade Federal de Goiás)
Agustin Lao-Montes (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Leda Maria Martins (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Moderator: Juliana Streva (Freie Universität Berlin/BUA)
Workshop here.

Coordination: Juliana Streva (FU Berlin), Sérgio Costa (FU Berlin), Kai Kresse (FU Berlin; ZMO)

More Information: Beyond Social Cohesion Global Repertoires of Living Together (replito.de)