How has the idea of innocence been weaponised to conceal the crimes of colonisation? Three leading anti-colonial thinkers will explore its history and examine how it continues to facilitate colonial systems today.
A poetry reading by Mahmoud Alshaer, a central figure in Gaza’s cultural life and author of I Am Still Alive: Dispatches from Gaza. His poetry serves as a vital affirmation of presence and testimony of everyday life in Gaza in a time of genocide.
Michel will screen his landmark documentary of anti-colonial time and persistence, Ma’loul Celebrates its Destruction, clips from some other films, and discuss them with Rene and Ayreen as examples of Sumudic Cinema.
Join world-renowned Puerto Rican decolonial thinker and activist as he unpicks the Eurocentric lie of linear time, and shares anti-colonial temporalities that arise out of, and in light of the life ways, suffering, dignity, and creative drive of oppressed communities around the world.
How do Palestinians rethink the cosmologies of time within which they organise their struggle—and the clock counting down on Israel’s endgame.
Collective listening as a political action. Ejrad will present sonic counter-narratives from the Edinburgh student encampment which mobilise the transformative power of listening as a bridge towards solidarity, action, and change.
Revolutionary songs of Arab resistance, for voice and oud, by one of the most revered figures in the experimental and alternative Arabic music scenes of the last 40 years.
Centring performance within a host of concepts crystallised from Black worldmaking and religious frameworks, Leda Maria Martins is one of the most influential thinkers of Afro-Brazilian experience today.
Join Sex Workers For Decrim for a sex worker only collective art workshop and be part of creating a massive visual timeline of sex worker resistance in Scotland.
All welcome to a weekend of sex worker resistance and joy! Workshops, talks and visual art, hosted by Scotland for Decrim.