“Queer Cyborgs and Postcolonial Freaks"
LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK
about
Laura Edmondson, Associate Professor of Theater, Dartmouth College
When
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
12:30-1:30PM
Where
Hood Museum of Art
sponsor
Hood Museum of Art
Intended Audience(s)
Public
details
“Queer Cyborgs and Postcolonial Freaks: The Afrofuturism of Binyavanga Wainaina”
In conjunction with Inventory, Edmondson will discuss the play Shine Your Eye by Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina, focusing on how he expands notions of Afrofuturism through his fierce decolonial politics and using the exhibition as a visual and sociopolitical backdrop.
Full Hood Calendar of Events: http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/events#
"Inventory: New Works and Conversations around African Art" Exhibition Page: http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/explore/exhibitions/inventory
For more information, contact:
Alison Palizzolo
alison.m.palizzolo@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL: https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=37634