#QoRxERIF, part 1 puts a spotlight on words voiced during our Returning the Gaze II: Stories of Resistance conference, which took place at the end of 2016 at the University of Innsbruck. The conference brought together scholars, artists, activists, and concerned people in order to confront the issues of visual and rhetorical racism throughout Europe and encourage the building of new networks and alliances in the fight against racial discrimination.
One of the main lessons that we carried from the conference was the need to amplify the voices, experiences and exchanges that took place, beyond the event in Innsbruck. Quotes of Resistance makes the content of RTGII accessible to a broader audience and functions as a form of archiving that intensifies the knowledge of and continuous engagement with anti-racist efforts in a European context, where minoritised peoples’ stories of resistance remain poorly archived and valued. QoR is a proposition to remedy how mainstream anti-racism neglects the histories, views and creativity of people of color.
Quotes of resistance was funded by ENAR. This allowed us to work with Burobraak Social Design to conceptualize, design and produce the cards. We would also like to thank Jenny Oliveira Caldas for her curational support and of Yasmeen Chaudry for her invaluable ideas and assistance in conceiving the social media campaign.
Enjoy, share, and care!
the ERIF team
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To the quotes:
Keynote: Contesting the Visualisations of Gaza – Dr. Anandi Ramamurthy
Performances, Counter-narratives and Resistance
Quotes of Resistance 