The purpose of the conference is to offer scholars of African, Aboriginal, and Indigenous descent the opportunity to present their research on the effects of western imperialism and white supremacy on Indigenous and African populations including those in Africa, the Americas, Australia, Asia, and archipelago communities, e.g., Hawaii.
Social Science papers should include a discussion of how white supremacy interacts with the socioeconomic or political structures and processes of a culture to organize that society for exploitation and appropriation of its human and natural resources for the benefit of the "European other."
Humanities papers should include a discussion of how white supremacy interacts with language and culture to produce a "new aesthetic" that devalues the aboriginal culture in favor of the European or neo-colonial culture and its normative and aesthetic structure.
All papers should include a discussion of reparations. Possible points of departure are: Is the damage of white supremacy and western imperialism on indigenous communities reversible? What is the cost of a reparations project for a reversible process? Suppose the damage to the community is irreversible, what would be the objectives of reparations? In the case of irreversible damage, if a measure of compensation is established, should it be distributed to individual claimants or placed into a "trust" for the community as a whole?
If you are interested in being invited to present a paper, please send your abstract to the address below:
Dr. Norma L. Jackson
Director of International Programs
Benedict College
1600 Harden Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29204
(803) 540-2505 (p) (803) 255-1709 (f)
jacksonn@benedict.edu
Deadline for 250 word abstract: May 31, 2002 | 
