Lecture Series: Center for African Studies

This course invites students and the public to come and interact with the visiting artists and scholars who participate in Culturescapes 2023 Sahara. Participants are invited to explore the links between art, society, and the political at their critical points of juncture. They will do this through the tools of cultural criticism, popular culture history, and practice. This engagement will take many shapes and guises: artists’ talks, public lectures, blog reportages. As all the lectures are open to the public, students will mediate conversations between the artists and the public and engage with Culturescapes’ curators, seeking to understand their motivations in making such a platform possible.  The bulk of the course will follow the programme of Culturescapes 2023 Sahara. All the lectures and talk take place every Tuesday. They are held in English and open to the public. The course is developed and moderated by Dr.phil. Henri Michel Yéré. Lectures schedule: 26.09.2023, 8.15-12.00 Kateryna Botanova, Christophe Keller on history and curating the Culturescapes 03.10.2023, 10.15-12.00 Yasmine El Meleegy on art installations 10.10.2023, 10.15-12.00 Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi on performance, queerness, and gender politics 24.10.2023, 08.15-12.00 Kateryna Botanova on Culturescapes anthology: art and politics 31.10.2023, 10.15-12.00 Etienne Minoungou on participative performing 07.11.2023, 10.15-12.00 Keziah Jones on music 14.11.2023, 10.15-12.00 Mohamed Sleiman Labat on art in Western Sahara 21.11.2023, 10.15-12.00 Nadia Beugré on choreography 28.11.2023, 10.15-12.00 Bouchra Ouizguen on music and performance 05.12.2023, 10.15-12.00 Jurriaan Cooiman on the future of the Culturescapes Where: Seminarraum 4, Deutsche Seminar, Nadelberg 4, 4051 Basel This course is a special collaboration between Culturescapes 2023 Sahara and the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel.