It is preceded by an immersive residency in a historic quilombo (Black fugitive settlement) - the Quilombola Territory of Conceição de Salinas – a 'maroon' community near Salvador – composed of some of the organizers and invited guests.
"Let us create spaces of knowledge, experimentation and listening where we can study, live and imagine in common".
Drawing on his critical work on Black Urbanism, Professor AbdouMaliq Simone has co-organised this international meeting to bring together researchers, artists, thinkers, creators, activists and militants for an "undisciplined encounter" between fugitive planning and black studies.
The co-organisers call for an atmosphere of coexistence and insurgency, prioritising interventions that resist the extractive character that insists on replicating itself in universities. The encounter calls for practices that articulate knowledge, art, politics, and territory as ways of living and studying in alliance.
It is a partnership between the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), the Urban Institute, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)'s Humanity's Urban Future programme and PAEP Capes.
The original call for proposals can be seen here www.maresdeestudo.com
You can also sign up for a keynote lecture from Professor AbdouMaliq Simone here.