The Holberg Symposium feat. Achille Mbembe: "Democracy as a Community of Life"

This academic symposium is held in honour of the 2024 Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe and his research. The Laureate introduces the topic, followed by presentations by three speakers, a panel discussion and in the end an open Q&A session.
"In African cosmogonies, all living entities are composed of symbiotic relations while complex infrastructures are required to sustain personhood.
Personhood itself is differentially redistributed among humans, animals, plants and material artefact. As technological escalation, the impending ecological catastrophe and wars of extermination unfold, can these cosmogonies form the basis for new ways of inhabiting the Earth and re-enchanting democracy? What kind of democracy? What will it take to create and sustain milieux which are hospitable to a variety of ways of being a person in this brutal and unforgiving world? "
SPEAKERS
Achile Mbembe, recipient of the 2024 Holberg Prize; research professor at Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Ato Quayson, professor at Stanford University.
Nasrin Olla, assistant professor at the University of Virginia.
Paul Gilroy, Founding Director, Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Race and Racism, University College London.
Moderator: Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, professor at the Universitetet i Bergen and Academic Director of the Holberg Prize.
Illustration: Adam Ashby Gibbard / The Ecopolitics Podcast, licensed under CC by 2.0.

[@Cyberphunkisms]

this is an amazing line up. all the people on stage are dope.

[@thomasjehn4529]

Did you all see LeBlanc from Hattie, speaking before the UN, beating the REPARATIONS drum? He reached over, picked up a pitcher of ice cold water, and instead of pouring a glass, attempted to take a drink straight from the pitcher, spilling it on his shirt. The look of surprise on his face! Wetness, gravity, the optics. Another day and another lesson on how the world works. We are living in some kind of CLOWN WORLD. And yes, LeBlanc translates to 'The White."

[@ryldauril2228]

democracy means one party rule.. remember that

[@aaladawiya]

Always an admirer of Paul Gilroy ❤

[@asedition8847]

Blame is always the burden of the other…….totally depressing

[@lapetusX]

god awful

[@visualcomms]

unbearable gibberish

[@johnbrakefield1102]

incredible commentary