CENTER  FOR  EXPERIMENTAL ETHNOGRAPHY

futures unbound | 2020-2021 theme

UPCOMING EVENTS


On International Women's Day 2021, the Center for Experimental Ethnography is pleased to present Haitian filmmaker Etant Dupain's feature "Madan Sara: Pouvwa Fanm Aysiyen" (Madan Sara: The Power of Haitian Women) followed by a discussion between Etant Dupain (Director, Madan Sara), Dr. Régine Michelle Jean-Charles (Associate Professor of French and the Graduate Program Director at Boston College), and Lunise Cerin (Editor, Madan Sara). The CEE screening of Madan Sara follows a four-day series of free, public screenings of the film throughout Haiti, supported by matenmidiswa pwodiksyon.

DOCUMENTING DISCONTENT | DOCUMENTANDO EL DESCONTENTO

nDocumenting Discontent is a virtual audio event that will take place on March 15th at 5:30 PM eastern. This one-hour virtual event will bring together two Mexico-based sound artists/researchers, Karina Franco Villaseñor (nê.i) and Vladimir Flores García (Vlax) to discuss their creative practices in sound. This event is interested in the ways sound is used to document microhistories and communicate social imaginaries derived from protest and conflict, the deconstruction of acoustic pleasure, and the power of sound to reinforce relationships and political dynamics....

Documentando el descontento es una conferencia virtual a realizarse el 15 de marzo a las 17:30 (GMT-5) . Este evento de una hora de duración es un conversatorio entre los artistas Karina Franco Villaseñor (nê.i) y Vladimir Flores García (Vlax) quienes compartirán reflexiones sobre sus investigaciones y trabajo creativo en torno al sonido. Este evento busca reflexionar sobre las maneras en que el sonido se utiliza para documentar microhistorias y comunicar imaginarios sociales derivados de la inconformidad y el conflicto social, la deconstrucción del placer acústico y el poder del sonido para reforzar las interacciones humanas y las dinámicas políticas...

FEBRUARY THIRD THURSDAY WITH RICARDO BRACHO

 FEBRUARY 18th AT NOON

On Thursday, February 18th  at Noon,  Ricardo Bracho introduced Haikus and held a conversation with Jennifer Ponce de León.

Ricardo A. Bracho is currently Sachs Artist-in-Residence in the Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies program here at Penn, where he teaches creative and critical writing. His plays have been staged read, workshopped, and premiered in theaters and at universities nationwide.  He has a committed focus on working with feminist, queer, Latiina/o, community-based, and experimental theaters including Mabou Mines, INTAR, and Company of Angels.

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MARCH EVENTS

MADAN SARA

MAR 8 AT 6 PM
Film Screening + Discussion

On International Women's Day 2021, the Center for Experimental Ethnography is pleased to present filmmaker Etant Dupain's feature "Madan Sara: Pouvwa Fanm Aysiyen" (Madan Sara: The Power of Haitian Women) followed by a discussion between Etant Dupain (Director, Madan Sara), Dr. Régine Michelle Jean-Charles (Associate Professor of French and the Graduate Program Director at Boston College), and Lunise Cerin (Editor, Madan Sara). REGISTER HERE

DOCUMENTING DISCONTENT

DEC 15 AT 6 PM
Documenting Discontent is a virtual audio event that will take place on March 15th at 5:30 PM. This one-hour virtual event will bring together two Mexico-based sound artists/researchers, Karina Franco Villaseñor (nê.i) and Vladimir Flores García (Vlax) to discuss their creative practices in sound. Funded in part by a Sachs Arts Innovation Grant and with support from the Center for Experimental Ethnography, this event is interested in the ways sound is used to document microhistories. READ MORE

LATEST NEWS: CEE #23

CEE #23

A new issue of CEE News is out, check out the CEE #23 to meet new CEE Affiliated Faculty member Julia Alekseyeva, to learn about funding opportunities, and to tune into a slew of February and March events!
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FEBRUARY THIRD THURSDAY

On Thursday, February 18th  at Noon,  Ricardo Bracho introduced Haikus and held a conversation with Jennifer Ponce de León. Ricardo A. Bracho is currently Sachs Artist-in-Residence in the Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies program here at Penn, where he teaches creative and critical writing.  LEARN MORE

Spring 2021 FELLOWS

Dr. Jenny Chio

Jenny Chio is Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Anthropology at the University of Southern California. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Keep reading... 

Reggie wilson

Reggie Wilson is Executive and Artistic Director, Choreographer and Performer of Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group.  His work draws from the cultures of Africans in the Americas and is combined with post-modern elements and his own personal movement style to create what he sometimes refers to as "post-African/Neo-HooDoo Modern dances." Keep reading...

INTRODUCING THE VISUAL IDENTITIES iN ARTS AND DESIGN RESEARCH GROUP (VIAD)

The CEE  and The Visual Identities in Arts and Design Research Group at the University of Johannesburg are forging exciting transatlantic connections. Established in 2007, the VIAD research group is dedicated to deepening research around the overarching thematic of identity construction through forms of visual practice, visual culture and visual representation, and specifically in relation to African and Afrodiasporic histories and experiences. Learn more

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