73.012 - Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human as Praxis

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The panelists for this session will give short papers on the ways in which Sylvia Wynter's research and writing enables praxis. The presenters will focus on pedagogies of praxis (King), the praxis of staging black creative works (Richards), collaborations/conversations as praxis (McKittrick) and theoretical praxis (Weheliye). Sylvia Wynter will respond to the papers and Rinaldo Walcott will be the session discussant.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Katherine McKittrick, Queens University, Kingston Ontario

Papers

• Sylvia Wynter and Education as the Praxis of Human Freedom - Joyce E. King, Georgia State University

• Performing the Human: Sylvia Wynter’s Maskarade, a Jonkonnu Musical Play - Sandra Richards, Northwestern University

• Conversations with Sylvia Wynter - Katherine McKittrick, Queens University, Kingston Ontario

• Claiming the Flesh: Wynter's Political Physiology - Alexander Weheliye, Northwestern University

Discussant

• Rinaldo Walcott, University of Toronto