The Critical Room: Frantz Fanon 100 Years
We mark the 100th anniversary of the French doctor, philosopher and author with a screening of Abdenour Zahzah's film Fanon.
In this stylish film in black-and-white filmwe follow Frantz Fanon during his years as a doctor at the Blida Joinville Hospital in Algeria between 1953 and 1956. Using new techniques that took deep colonial structures into account, we see him treating his psychiatric patients.
After the film, we invite you to a discussion about Fanon's significance today and how colonialism continues to shape treatment systems and people's mental health. The discussion will feature visual artist Anawana Haloba and social anthropologist Phillip Rynning Coker from the Center for Social Justice (OMOD). The discussion will be held in English and moderated by social anthropologist and researcher at the Institute for Church, Religion and Worldview Research (Kifo), Sindre Bangstad.
Panelists
- Anawana Haloba is a Zambian Norwegian visual artist. She has explored Fanon's ideas in her artistic and academic work, including in Conversations with Stitched-up Lips, which is about Fanon, and in Negotiating the Subtle Encounters: An Experimental Opera.
- Phillip Rynning Coker works for the Center for Social Justice (OMOD). He has a degree in social anthropology, and his master's thesis dealt with how people in Gambia relate to parts of their history of slavery and colonisation.
- Moderator: Sindre Bangstad is a social anthropologist and researcher at Kifo. His research focuses on human rights, freedom of religion and belief, and freedom of expression, among other topics.
