"In this lecture, I would like to address the material-discursive practices of listening and storytelling produced in the artistic manifestations of the Brazilian indigenous, trans*, non-binary, visual artist and biologist Ùyra Sodoma. It is about the politics of resistance, regeneration, response-ability and alliance building. According to the artist, the stories of animals, plants and other entities such as rivers, water and soil can be told by learning to listen. As Úyra Sodoma's artistic interventions incorporate an embodied intersectional and dissident gaze, I aim to establish an interdisciplinary dialogue between the knowledge that emerges from this practice and indigenous philosophical approaches. This raises the question of how an embodied intersectionality can enrich Indigenous politics of listening and storytelling."
Bio of Kaimé Guerrero Valencia
Kaimé Guerrero Valencia were born in Quito and has been living in Berlin for nine years. They studied Sociology and Political Science at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, followed by a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies with a Gender Profile at the Free University of Berlin. They are currently completing their PhD in the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 1512) Intervening Arts (SFB 1512) and in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Their research interests include the intersections between aesthetic-political and scientific processes in the production of alternative forms of word-making.
This talk will be held in English and forms part of the lecture series "Intersectionality from the Americas: Theories, Processes, Approaches, Practices", taking place throughout the winter semester 2024/25. Supported by the ScienceCampus and organised by Anne Brüske with Minerva Peinador, Bárbara Aranda and Joanna Moszczyńska of DIMAS, this series will feature talks and an artistic performance. Further details on the lecture series can be found here (external link, opens in a new window).
