In the name of the people: racism, populism and discrimination

The forum aims to encourage critical thinking about racism in contemporary societies. What is racism, how it is manifested, how it relates with populism, nationalism, hate speech? What does racist action mean in the example of political parties and movements, how do racist symbols and images affect young people? What is the role of progressive movements in contrasting racism? How do video and film production address racism? The forum will look for answers to these and other questions through presentations of the results of two international projects of the Peace Institute »RAGE – Hate speech and populist othering in Europe: Through the race, age and gender looking glass« and »LIGHT ON ‒ Cross-community actions for combating the modern symbolism and languages of racism and discrimination« (http://www.lighton-project.eu).

Program

18.00 – 19.30 Roundtable
PERSPECTIVES ON RACISM IN RESEARCH

Researchers from the Peace Institute:
Mojca Pajnik (PI and FSS): Contemporary processes of racialization, European perspectives
Veronika Bajt: Symbols, language and manifestations of (neo)racism
Roman Kuhar (PI and FA): Who is afraid of Judith Butler? Populist readings of gender theory
Iztok Šori: Eliminating populist discourse of political parties on web
Živa Humer: Practices against racism

Discussion will be moderated by Žiga Vodovnik, Faculty of Social Sciences

19.30 – 19.40 Break

19.40 – 20.00 VIDEO PROJECTION »STOP RACISM«

20.00 – 21.00 Roundtable
PRESENTATION OF RACISM IN VIDEO PRODUCTION

Dušan Moravec, director
Nataša Gaši, screenwriter
Maja Gal Štromar, actress and writer
Lučka Počkaj, actress
Maja Weiss, director
Erik Valenčič, journalist and traveller

Discussion will be moderated by Patricija Maličev, journalist at The Saturday
Supplement of Delo newspaper

21:00 Reception