What’s At Stake? Intersectionality as a Word of Power

Berggruen Institute Europe

Join us for Patricia Hill Collins' lecture at Tre Oci!

The word “intersectionality” now circulates widely within scholarly and activist projects alike. But despite the visibility of the term, its meaning shifts dramatically from one setting to the next. Given its significance for critical thinking about social inequality, agreement about intersectionality cannot be assumed but must actively be interrogated. Because it is being so widely taken up, intersectionality functions as word of power whose varying meanings have disparate effects in the social world. In essence, intersectionality has a dual view of power relations, namely, looking outward to the social world that it studies, and looking inward to see how power relations shape its own practices. In my presentation, I explore why and how intersectionality might develop a more complex power analytic for its critical theories and critical practices, as well as what’s at stake if it fails to do so. Dr. Patricia Hill Collinsis a world-renowned social theorist and the 2023 Berggruen Prize Laureate for Philosophy &amp; Culture. On Tuesday, April 28, Berggruen Institute Europe will host Dr. Collins for a special public lecture at Casa dei Tre Oci to bring her winning ideas across race, gender, social class, sexuality, nation, and more to Venice.Her lecture, Intersectionality, Art and Activism" will shed new light and culturally-relevant nuance on her notion of intersectionality grounded in our current times. English / Italian

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