24.10.2016: Emily Ngubia Kessé: Inscribed. white Normality as an expression of racism at universities

Monday, 24 October 2016, 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm
OEC 0.211

Concepts of normality as well as power relations are structurally closely intertwined in science and at the university, for science is a construction of wo*men. This concerns the production of knowledge itself as well as actions and structures in research, teaching and studying. Taking the example of whiteness, Emily Ngubia Kessé shows how racist normality is re-produced at the university.

The neuroscientist Emily Ngubia Kessé (HU Berlin) researches on racism, sexism, power relations and knowledge-production processes.