Office of Institutional Diversity Equity & Inclusion OIDEI

Combative Decoloniality and the Abolition of the Humanities

Building from the approach to decolonization and abolition in the Haitian Revolution as well as from Frantz Fanon’s view of combative decolonization and decoloniality, the presentation makes the case for the abolition of the humanities as a crucial component of the project for decolonizing knowledge today.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public
Two dancers against a dark background

Practicing Change: Things to be Repeated- Dance Company of Middlebury

The Dance Company of Middlebury, directed by Professor Lida Winfield is joined by several special guest artists:
Artistic Director Sydnie L Mosley and six Creative Partners, including alumna Jessica Lee ‘13.
SLMDances is a New York City based dance-theater collective that works in communities to organize for gender and racial justice.
Professor Jeff Buettner’s Sing the World into Place Winter Term course.
Music created by Professor’s McLean Macionis and Matthew Taylor and Lighting design by Bert Crosby.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

$15 - General Public / $10 - Middlebury Faculty, Staff, Valid ID Holders / $8 -
Open to the Public
Two dancers against a dark background

Practicing Change: Things to be Repeated- Dance Company of Middlebury

The Dance Company of Middlebury, directed by Professor Lida Winfield is joined by several special guest artists:
Artistic Director Sydnie L Mosley and six Creative Partners, including alumna Jessica Lee ‘13.
SLMDances is a New York City based dance-theater collective that works in communities to organize for gender and racial justice.
Professor Jeff Buettner’s Sing the World into Place Winter Term course.
Music created by Professor’s McLean Macionis and Matthew Taylor and Lighting design by Bert Crosby.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

$15 - General Public / $10 - Middlebury Faculty, Staff, Valid ID Holders / $8 -
Open to the Public
The artists sitting on the floor in a line

The Global Body in Conflict: Movement Matters

SLMDances is a New York City based dance-theater collective that works in communities to organize for gender and racial justice. In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr, SLMDances’ creative partners and artistic director Sydnie Mosley will offer a three-hour workshop open to students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Coalition Building and Collaboration:

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Free