BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:In 2024\, we are surrounded by crisis in nearly every sector of our world(s): environmental\, political\, social\, cultural\, and interpe rsonal. Crisis is not a new nor a unique phenomenon: Indigenous societies have faced decimation\, war has torn through family and political associat ions\, and environmental devastation cycles again and again. \;And yet \, we have found new ways of living\, resisting\, and surviving. In \; Ideas to Postpone the End of the World \;(2019)\, \;Brazilian phil osopher and Indigenous movement leader Aí\;lton Krenak urges us to c onsider the past and present\, writing that &ldquo\;When people speak of i magining a new possible world\, it's in the sense of rearranging relations and spaces\, introducing new understandings of what we recognize as natur e as if we were not nature ourselves.&rdquo\; \;This conference will t ake place on March 22-23\, 2025 at Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology (M IT) and invites graduate student scholars\, activists\, and practitioners to examine what it means and has meant to survive in a world in crisis. Wh at do we mean by crisis? How do historical experiences of crisis inform ou r understanding of present crises? What is the meaning and purpose of &ldq uo\;liberatory practices&rdquo\; in the historical and contemporary world? How do Indigenous\, feminist\, queer\, trans\, disability or other lenses offer alternative understandings of crisis? What world is possible after a crisis? By exploring these and more questions\, we hope to consider how new methods of study and care practices in our scholarship might allow us to imagine different worlds\, develop resilience in a crisis-laden world\, become &ldquo\;undisciplined&rdquo\; academically\, and/or form more cari ng and collaborative communities. \; DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250324 DTSTAMP:20250313T054953Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250322 LOCATION:Massachusetts\,United States\,Cambridge SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Liberatory Practices for Worlds in Crisis: A Conference UID:RFCALITEM638774417937164325 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In 2024\, we are surrounded by crisis in ne arly every sector of our world(s): environmental\, political\, social\, cu ltural\, and interpersonal. Crisis is not a new nor a unique phenomenon: I ndigenous societies have faced decimation\, war has torn through family an d political associations\, and environmental devastation cycles again and again. \;

And yet\, we have found new ways of living\, resisting \, and surviving. In \;Ideas to Postpone the End of the World  \;(2019)\, \;Brazilian philosopher and Indigenous moveme nt leader Aí\;lton Krenak urges us to consider the past and present\ , writing that &ldquo\;When people speak of imagining a new possible world \, it's in the sense of rearranging relations and spaces\, introducing new understandings of what we recognize as nature as if we were not nature ou rselves.&rdquo\; \;

This conference will take place on March 22- 23\, 2025 at Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology (MIT) and invites gradua te student scholars\, activists\, and practitioners to examine what it mea ns and has meant to survive in a world in crisis. What do we mean by crisi s? How do historical experiences of crisis inform our understanding of pre sent crises? What is the meaning and purpose of &ldquo\;liberatory practic es&rdquo\; in the historical and contemporary world? How do Indigenous\, f eminist\, queer\, trans\, disability or other lenses offer alternative und erstandings of crisis? What world is possible after a crisis? By exploring these and more questions\, we hope to consider how new methods of study a nd care practices in our scholarship might allow us to imagine different w orlds\, develop resilience in a crisis-laden world\, become &ldquo\;undisc iplined&rdquo\; academically\, and/or form more caring and collaborative c ommunities. \;

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