BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30216@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Unlearning Maps: Each Small Candle Lights a Corner of the Dark DTSTAMP:20261110T175832Z DTSTART:20261128T130000Z DTEND:20261128T170000Z DESCRIPTION:The afternoon starts by reading a text that helps ground the po litical approach\,\nfollowed by two film screening blocks focussing respec tively on Palestinian and\nIranian perspectives. Afterwards\, participants reflect on and document what was\nwitnessed and learned. In dialogue with the exhibition Life After Love – In\nSearch of the Militant Image\, the p rogramme hopes to foster an intergenerational\nand cross-context exchange starting from situated histories\, the horizons of\npossibility they open up\, and grounds for solidarity within the region and\nbeyond.\n\nWhen gen ocide and war are narrated as inevitable\, the language of justice gets\nc o-opted to justify imperial violence. This violence not only destroys land s and\nlives\, but also narrows the political imagination\, making other f utures seem\nunattainable. Within these constraints\, the histories of mar ginalised peoples\,\noften entangled in these violent frameworks\, must be held carefully in order to\nbuild other forms of relation and language th at resist a return into imperial\nnarratives. Solidarity\, then\, cannot b e limited by choosing sides within the\nmaps already given\, or operate by flattening or universalising all struggles. It\nmust begin from where dif ferent people stand\, their histories\, lands\, wounds and\nlimits of visi on.\n\nThis gathering begins by listening not through detached sympathy\, but as a way\nof disturbing inherited maps. Across different histories and struggles\, other\ngeographies of resistance may then become visible. The event stands in\nsolidarity with communities across West Asia resisting g enocide\, settler\ncolonialism\, war and mass violence.\n\nSign up here [h ttps://framerframed.stager.co/shop/default/events/111719348].\n\n\nPROGRAM ME\n\n14:00 Collective reading:\n– Feminist Recalibration of a Magical Com pass\n– On the Difficulties of International Solidarity in Post-Jina Movem ent\n– Shima Vezvaei\n14:45 Screening block 1: Subversive films\n15:25 Ref lection on textile\n16:00 Screening block 2: Siege Your Besiege with Madne ss\n17:20 Reflection on textile\n\n\nFUNDRAISING URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/unlearning-maps-each-small-candle-light s-a-corner-of-the-dark GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:daytime,decolonial,film,palestine,politics,swana X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The afternoon starts by reading a text that helps ground the political approach, followed by two film screening block s focussing respectively on Palestinian and Iranian perspectives. Afterwar ds, participants reflect on and document what was witnessed and learned. I n dialogue with the exhibition Life After Love – In Search of the Mili tant Image, the programme hopes to foster an intergenerational and cr oss-context exchange starting from situated histories, the horizons of pos sibility they open up, and grounds for solidarity within the region and be yond.

When genocide and war are narrated as inevitable, the language of justice gets co-opted to justify imperial violence. This violence not only destroys lands and lives, but also narrows the political imagination, making other futures seem unattainable. Within these constraints, the his tories of marginalised peoples, often entangled in these violent framework s, must be held carefully in order to build other forms of relation and la nguage that resist a return into imperial narratives. Solidarity, then, ca nnot be limited by choosing sides within the maps already given, or operat e by flattening or universalising all struggles. It must begin from where different people stand, their histories, lands, wounds and limits of visio n.

This gathering begins by listening not through detached sympathy, but as a way of disturbing inherited maps. Across different histories and struggles, other geographies of resistance may then become visible. The e vent stands in solidarity with communities across West Asia resisting geno cide, settler colonialism, war and mass violence.

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Programme

14:00 Collective rea ding:
– Feminist Recalibration of a Magical Compass
– On the D ifficulties of International Solidarity in Post-Jina Movement
– Shima Vezvaei
14:45 Screening block 1: Subversive film s
15:25 Reflection on textile
16:00 Screening block 2: Siege Your Besiege with Madness
17:20 Reflection on textile

Fundraising

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