Welcome activity on Wednesday afternoon
We are pleased to invite all delegates for a Decolonial City Walk of Brussels on Wednesday afternoon, prior to the opening lecture of the conference. This guided walk will take participants through the city, exploring the ways colonial legacies continue to shape public space and how it is used. The walk offers an opportunity to reflect critically on questions of historical justice and accountability in the run up to the conference, and to explore these topics around and beyond the conference venue.
Participation is free of charge, but advance registration via the link that was sent to conference participants (on 8 October) is required as places are limited.
Venue: Meet the guide and organizers at the Place Royale, near the stairs of the Église Saint Jacques.
Time: the walk will start at 13h30 and last until 16h00.
Further details, including the meeting point and precise schedule, will be shared with registered participants closer to the date.
Film screening Coquitos and The Pixel and the Plot. Followed by a conversation with the director, Thursday evening
Following the first full conference day, all delegates are invited to a special film screening and conversation with Hannah Meszaros Martin (Forensic Architecture / Studio Plano Negativo).
Coquitos, is a film co-created with Colombia’s Truth Commission, weaving forensic visuals, testimonies, and spatial analysis to trace patterns of violence, land dispossession, and memory. The Pixel and the Plot is Plano Negativo’s most recent film, launching at the Arte Paiz Bienal in Guatemala this November. The film focuses on the politics of data collection in the long history of enforced eradication of so-called illicit crops in Colombia. The method of the films brings evidence-driven storytelling to surface structural harm and speaks directly to the concerns of our human rights academic community: accountability, archives, and the politics of seeing.
After the screening, Hannah will join us for a Q&A, moderated by Elke Evrard, on the investigative process and the role of visual evidence in truth-telling and advocacy
Participation is free, but registration is required.
Venue: Cinema Aventure, Galerie du Centre, Rue des Fripiers 15, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Time: Thursday 20 November, 19h30.
Film still from the video ‘Coquitos’. Ángel Montalbo describes the effects of saltwater flooding in plantain crops. (Forensic Architecture and The Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, 2021)