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‚Dividuation' as a multifaceted mode of relation 
Convenors:
Michaela Ott
Abiodun Akande (University of Lagos)
Erdmute Alber (University of Bayreuth)
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Chairs:
Erdmute Alber (University of Bayreuth)
Michaela Ott
Discussant:
Abiodun Akande (University of Lagos)
Format:
Panel
Stream:
Linguistic and visual (de)colonialisms
Location:
Room 1015
Sessions:
Wednesday 8 June, -
Time zone: Europe/Berlin

Short Abstract:

'Dividuation' as a new philosophical concept shall be discussed as it provides new perspectives on the 'boundaries' of persons, bio- and socio(techno)logical, cultural and ecological entities and their interferences.

Long Abstract:

Starting point for our highly interdisciplinary and also experimental panel is the concept of the ‚dividual'. It was used by anthropologists Marilyn Strathern, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro or Arjun Appadurai to highlight a (not only) non-Western understanding of the person and his/her relation to the community, but also to criticize the concept of the individual as unfolded by European philosophy in his/her relation to economic property, to undivided autonomy and specific rights. In a parallel way, it was also used by Gilles Deleuze in order to determine in a positive sense the audiovisual (in)coherence of certain contemporary art films, and finally taken up in a rather negative sense to criticize the involuntary capture of the person by globalised and financialised digital media. In light of these approaches, we further extend the term to the processual one of ‚dividuation' in order to theorize not only cultural modalities of relation, but multiple bio- and socio(techno)logical processes of relating, intermixing and participating in different domains and on different epistemological levels.

We would like to bring different disciplines such as African studies, anthropology and sociology, studies of intersectionality, of mobility, aesthetics or ecology into a conversation by asking to comment on the possible performance of this concept in their respective disciplines. We highly welcome as well empirical examples for which the concept of dividuation could provide a fruitful frame of interpretation. The panel seeks to get a broad overview of the multifaceted applications of dividuation and to evaluate its fruitfulness for future research.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Wednesday 8 June, 2022, -
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