Norma Bermudez Workshop
The Political School of Pazifica Women
Is it possible to imagine politics and the political emerging from the body, pleasure, spirituality, creativity and the construction of communities of feeling? What traditions of thought and practices are necessary to construct the political and politics in this way?
Constructing the political in this way can we challenge or dialogue with hegemonic conceptualisations of the political? What would be the reach of our dialogues?
In Cali, Colombia there is an experience of popular education, feminism and nonviolence that is attempting to visibilise these different dimensions of the political and politicise the totality of life in all its dimensions. The School and one of its co-founders, Norma Bermudez are in Newcastle to dialogue about these experiences.
This seminar is hosted by Discipline of Politics and International Relations and the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Educatiom CoP Governance, Policy and Practice.
About Norma Bermudez
Norma Lucia Bermudez is a member of the Centre for the Study of Gender, Women and Society at Valle University, Cali Colombia. She is an academic activist with experience working with the UN, regional government, NGOs and social movements in relation to combating gendered violences in Colombian society and developing methodologies that work inclusively and democratically with marginalised women and children.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.