Basis voor Actuele Kunst - BAK, Utrecht - Gallery news: WomenSpeak! A Series of Debates and Presentations, Saturday 8 March 2008


WomenSpeak! A Series of Debates and Presentations, Saturday 8 March 2008

		WomenSpeak! Series of debates and presentations on gender issues in an inter-cultural context No. 2 "Mom, where do I come from?" Saturday 8 March 2008, 14.00-16.30 hrs. De Zindering, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Lucasbolwerk 24 With Erika Blikman, photographer; Munira Blom, graduation project on adoption; Noëlle de Dreu, chairwoman of Shapla (association of and for adoptees from Bangladesh); René Hoksbergen, Professor Emeritus, Adoption, Utrecht University; Namrata de Leeuw, student; Nies Medema, journalist; DJ Nadia; Iris van der Tuin, researcher; Liliane Waanders, chief editor Adoptietijdschrift; and Zanillya, spoken rapper. Chaired by Babette Niemel. BAK, basis voor actuele kunst co-presents WomenSpeak!, a year-long series of monthly debates and presentations on the intricacies of gender issues in an inter-cultural context. WomenSpeak! is co-organized by five Utrecht-based cultural and academic institutions: BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, the Graduate Gender Programme and Centre for the Humanities of Utrecht University, Kosmopolis Utrecht, and TUMULT. The plurality of intellectual, cultural, and artistic practices presented by these institutions are engaged in the topics such as emancipation, radicalization, adoption, pornography, and sexuality in the intersection of different cultures. The second session in the series, entitled "Mom, where do I come from?," engages in a discussion about the social and cultural context of adoption and how it influences one's identity formation and the public recognition of national, cultural, and sexual identity in a so-called "multicultural society" like the Netherlands. No. 2 "Mom, where do I come from?" Saturday 8 March 2008, 14.00-16.30 hrs. De Zindering, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Lucasbolwerk 24 Free entrance Language: Dutch Info and reservations: 030-2332430, womenspeak@tumultdebat.nl, www.tumultdebat.nl WomenSpeak! is co-organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, the Graduate Gender Programme and Centre for the Humanities of Utrecht University, Kosmopolis Utrecht, and TUMULT. It is financially made possible by Mama Cash and WOMEN Inc. For information about the forthcoming sessions throughout 2008, please visit www.tumultdebat.nl or www.bak-utrecht.nl. Please note: Unfortunately it is no longer possible to make a reservation to attend On Secularism and Feminism, with lectures by Professor Rosi Braidotti and Professor Judith Butler, as part of the Postsecularism Lecture Series on Thursday 6 March 2008. The academic year-long lecture series on the "post-secular" is a collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University, marking part of the research trajectory of Concerning the Post-Secular, a long-term, multifaceted project at BAK.