Attendance

Symposium “Beyond the 'Father's Odor'” discusses Afroreferenced thinking and Legacy of Valentin-Yves Mudimbe

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event takes place on May 28, at IFCH/UFRGS, transmitted by YouTube

On May 28, the UFRGS Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences hosts the symposium "Beyond the" Father's Odor ": Hermeneutics of Parefected Critical Studies", promoted by the Graduate Program in History. The event will be held from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm, at the Luís Otávio Aquino (IFCH Miniauditory, Vale Campus), with live broadcast on IFCHDAUFRGS on YouTube.

The activity honors Congolese philosopher Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (1941–2025), died in April this year. In his rehearsal L'Odeur du père (the odor of the father), published in 1982, Mudimbe critically analyzed the impacts of European colonization on contemporary African thinking, focusing on the fields of language, epistemology and identity.

The Symposium brings together researchers who discuss Africal theoretical proposals and interpretations produced from the African societies themselves. The program includes communications and debates focused on fundamental authors of African studies.

 

Programming

8h30 - Opening and Presentation
José Rivair Macedo

 

9h - 12h | Communications: “African and 'Africanism' societies”

9am - hermeneutics and "Africanism": V. Y. mudimbe
José Rivair Macedo

9:15 - African anterior and world history: Cheikh Anta Diop
Márcio Paim

9:30 am-African humanities and epistemic decolonization: Jean-Marc Ela
Domingos mule here Jr

9:45 am - Knowledge, Epistemic Extroversion and Interpretation: Paulin Hontandji
Kalil Kaba

10h - gender, oxunism and matritence: oyèrónkẹ oyěwùmi
Paula Rodrigues

10:15 am - African feminisms and transnationalism: amine breast
thuila ferreira

10h30 - Dimensions of Afrabia: Ali A. Mazruui
Gabriel Giacomazzi

10:45 am - around the Islamic library: Ousmane Kane
Baldé out

11h - The paradigms of identity and African difference: Achille Mbembe
Fábio Amorim Vieira

11h15–12h - discussion

 

14h - 16h30 | Discussion Table:

Subjects and Research Objects in African Studies
com:

  • José Rivair Macedo

  • Hadi Savadigo

  • Bruno Ribeiro Oliveira

  • Manuel Matine

  • Walter Lippold

 

16h30–17h30 - Free Interventions and Debate
17h30–18h - Conclusions and Closing

 

Image: AFAR man observes historical portrait of his ancestors (Harar, Ethiopia, 2007). Eric Lafforgue Photography (Alamy Stock Photo).

live transmission by IFCHDAUFRGS on YouTube