A feminist exploration: Visibility & symbolic politics

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Join us for the fifth edition of “A feminist exploration” – this time, we will shed light on the topic of the visibility of LGBTIQA* refugees and its relation to power structures. Together with LGBTIQA* advocate Faris Cuchi Gezahegn, we will explore how in knowledge production, some voices are structurally recognised while others are systematically disregarded.

This raises many questions: whose politics are visible? And whose expertise is marginalised? Whose voices are heard and whose are deliberately silenced in public discourse, media, policymaking and academia? What is visibility and what does it entail? Why is it not enough to create attention through visibility? What do the claims to “make voices heard” and “make people on the margins seen” truly mean? What are the power structures that form such realities? Visibility does not equal liberation - but how can it become a tool to liberate people?

Join us for an honest discussion on visibility and its contributions and translation into liberation. This monthly discussion series is powered by and created for feminist scholars, activists and policy makers – in Europe and beyond.

Programme

• 30-minute Discussion with Faris Cuchi Gezahegn, intersectional LGBTIQA* advocate, co-moderated by Pauline Mukanza, European Women’s Lobby and Francesca Schmidt, Gunda Werner Institute.
• 30-minute Q&A with the audience.

Watch previous feminist explorations on our YouTube channel.

If you have any questions, please contact Anna Trzcinska.

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