Climate Justice: decolonising decarbonisation: Decolonising the curriculum and the university

ELIA member, the University of the Arts London (UAL) together with the School of Fine Art of Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges are hosting the event: Climate Justice: decolonising decarbonisation: Decolonising the curriculum and the university on Thursday 22 April 2022, from 10 am – 12 noon (GMT).

Does decolonising the curriculum and the university need leaders? If it does, who should lead? Why does Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education shy away from discussing their entanglement within systems and values of the capitalist markets? What insights from decolonising the curriculum and university apply to decarbonising?

With speakers:

Janine Francois is a Black Feminist, writer, producer, curator and academic. Janine is a final year Ph.D student based at Tate Britain and the Bedfordshire University, their research explores ‘safe(r)’ spaces as sites of resistance, disruption and co-production. Janine is currently researching Pan African art and cultural production between the period of 1900 – 1977 with a focus on FESTMAN’66 and FESTAC’ 77.

Sethembile Msezane lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. Using interdisciplinary practice encompassing performance, photography, film, sculpture and drawing, Msezane creates commanding works heavy with spiritual and political symbolism. Msezane was a UEA Global Talent Fellow hosted by the Sainsbury Research Unit and Sainsbury Centre (2021).

Rahul Patel is a researcher in contemporary art history, history, and theory. He is a Senior Lecturer on the Academic Practice programme at UAL, teaches on the BA and MA Culture, Criticism and Curation programmes at Central Saint Martins and with UAL’s University wide Academic Support team on content development and transformative education.

Climate Justice is a collaboration between UAL and the Council for Higher Education in Art & Design (CHEAD). Climate Justice is the point where the movements for decolonisation and decarbonisation converge. Climate Justice offers a coherent and fair alternative to corporate-technocratic “climate solutions”, such as carbon offsetting schemes on indigenous lands, or mineral extraction for renewable energy, which are transgressing planetary boundaries and compounding the injustices of colonialism.

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