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Location: Resource Centre (321 91亚色 Lanes)

91亚色 

4700 Keele Street 

Toronto, ON | M3J 1P3 

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[Re]imagining A Gendered History of Zimbabwe

Presenter: Ruth Murambadoro

Affiliation: Centre for Feminist Research and Harriet Tubman Institute, 91亚色, Canada

Abstract: Zimbabwe鈥檚 political trajectory over the past four decades has been ravaged by ruptures of violence with grave consequences for women. Political figures involved in efforts to resolve the conflict are mostly men, and their deliberations have shaped the political landscape as a men鈥檚 field. Equally, writings on Zimbabwe鈥檚 violent history have silenced women鈥檚 voices and participation in the political project, an error that erases the traumas embodied by this constituency. In [re]imagining the gendered history of Zimbabwe, this paper posits the question: How do Zimbabwean women through social movements identify, relate, and imagine their being as survivors in a repressive state? Working closely with women movements in Zimbabwe to curate their histories, the paper draws on research-creation approaches by combining qualitative methods and artistic expressions to depict women鈥檚 embodied realities and forge their experiences of being and becoming. Treating women鈥檚 movements as sites of resistance to hegemonic masculinities and spaces for [re]engaging with contested memories, the paper offers an intersectional analysis of the multidimensional forms of trauma embodied by women in Zimbabwe and avenues available to them to [re]create the envisaged peaceful society.

Bio: Ruth Murambadoro is an African feminist who writes on women, transitional justice, gender justice and politics of the Global South. Her notable writings include a single authored monograph Transitional Justice in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. As a recipient of the 2021 Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship for Black and Indigenous Scholars at 91亚色, her work is exploring the gendered nature of the post-colonial state to broaden understandings of violence perpetrated against women鈥� a constituency that remains marginalized by political concessions that undermine their socio-political agency in Zimbabwe. Over the next 5-10 years Ruth endeavors to develop artistic creations working closely with emerging and seasoned creative African artists to broaden her current project on a digital repository (re)presenting African women鈥檚 stories.

Twitter handle: @WaZvogo

This Tubman Talk will be held in the Resource Centre at 314 91亚色 Lanes.

The iJournal is an open-access journal at the University of Toronto鈥檚 Faculty of Information (iSchool). It aims to foster collective identity and interdisciplinary understanding among information students, faculty, and practitioners in the field. 

The articles here published range from religious intolerance and body and gender to debates about trauma, war, and dictatorship. But, despite different histories and conjectures being analyzed, all nine articles examine issues on difficult memories in the museum and/or archives and discuss globalization and its politics and representations.

鈥淲e鈥檙e really excited about this issue as it highlights the phenomenal work taking place in the [Museum Studies] program as well as the global conversations happening in museum studies regarding the management and curation of cultural artifacts associated with difficult pasts,鈥� said Kaushar Mahetaji, outgoing editor-in-chief of the open-access journal, which is run by graduate students at the Faculty of Information.

Much of the work in this latest issue adopts a global perspective and comes from and/or is inspired by dialogue between students in Canada and researchers situated in Brazil. The special issue itself stems from work completed in , taught by Prof. Bruno R. V茅ras.

Les activit茅s du mois des Noirs 2022 organis茅es par l鈥檌nstitut Harriet Tubman ont connu un succ猫s retentissant, accueillant plus de 750 participant-e-s pour nos onze (11) panels incluant des co-pr茅sentations en tables rondes. L鈥檌nstitut Harriet Tubman tient 脿 vous remercier toutes et tous d鈥檃voir pris le temps de venir c茅l茅brer avec nous.

Nos pan茅listes ont partag茅 avec nous leurs connaissances sur la sant茅 des Noirs et le bien-锚tre sur divers aspects. Nous les remercions chaleureusement.

Nos sinc猫res remerciements 脿 nos sponsors de l鈥檜niversit茅 et de la communaut茅 qui ont financi猫rement support茅 la tenue de nos activit茅s de cette ann茅e ainsi qu鈥櫭� nos diff茅rents partenaires pour leur collaboration dans l鈥檕rganisation de certains panels.

Nous avons offert 茅galement cinq (5) des panels avec interpr茅tation en Fran莽ais, Espagnol et Mandarin gr芒ce au concours de l鈥櫭﹒uipe des 茅tudiant-e-s en maitrise en interpr茅tation de conf茅rence du Coll猫ge Glendon et leur 茅quipe dirigeante.

SVP, restez connect茅 sur car bient么t quelques vid茅os de certains de nos panels seront disponibles.聽

Nous esp茅rons vous accueillir encore en plus grand nombre pour nos activit茅s 脿 venir et pour c茅l茅brer 茅galement le mois de l鈥檋istoire des Noirs l鈥檃n prochain, 2023.  

The Harriet Tubman Institute鈥檚 Black History Month 2022 activities were a resounding success with more than 750 participants in attendance at our 11 panel sessions and co-presented events. Thanks to each of you for taking the time to celebrate with us.

Our panellists and speakers shared their knowledge of and experiences with different aspects of Black Health and Wellness. The HTI would like to thank them all for their time and enthusiasm.

We sincerely thank our sponsors across the university and in the community who financially supported this year鈥檚 activities as well as our various partners who collaborated with HTI to organize events.

We were pleased to be able to offer five of the sessions with interpretation in French, Spanish and Mandarin, thanks to Glendon College鈥檚 Master of Conference Interpreting students and their team leaders. 

We encourage you to engage with HTI through our upcoming activities as well as next year鈥檚 Black History Month events. The videos of the panel series will soon be available on our page.

Black History Month 2022 | Director鈥檚 Message

Today marks the first day of Black History Month celebrations for 2022. Black History Month is a moment when we remember our ancestors who have fought for the freedom of Black people but foremost for a just and equitable world for every human being. In honouring them and celebrating their legacy, the Harriet Tubman Institute is committed to social justice for a better world. With the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, these past years have reminded the world about the importance of health as a global issue of social justice, and we have chosen Black health and wellness as this year鈥檚 theme. We welcome you to join us at HTI in celebrating Black History Month 2022. You can find more information on our panel series and co-presented events at: /research/tubman/bhm/.

Gertrude Mianda

Director, Harriet Tubman institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas

Mois de l'histoire des Noirs en 2022 | Message de la directrice

Aujourd'hui marque le premier jour de la c茅l茅bration du mois de l'histoire des Noirs en 2022. Le mois de l'histoire des Noirs est un moment o霉 nous nous souvenons de nos anc锚tres qui se sont battus pour la libert茅 des Noirs, mais avant tout pour un monde juste et 茅quitable pour chaque 锚tre humain. En leur rendant hommage et en c茅l茅brant leur h茅ritage, 脿 l鈥檌nstitut Harriet Tubman, nous nous engageons en faveur de la justice sociale pour un monde meilleur. Avec la mont茅e en puissance de la pand茅mie COVID_19, ces derni猫res ann茅es rappelant au monde l'urgence de la sant茅 en tant qu'enjeu mondial de justice sociale, l鈥橧HT c茅l猫bre ce mois de f茅vrier 2022 en d茅battant sur la sant茅 et le bien-锚tre des Noirs. Veuillez-vous joindre 脿 nous pour les manifestations de 2022 du mois de l'histoire des Noirs.

Connectez-vous : /research/tubman/bhm/

Gertrude Mianda

Directrice,聽Institut Harriet Tubman