On March 31, from 18.00 to 20.00, a public conversation will take place between author Minna Salami and professor Jonna Bornemark at Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus. The conversation is about the knowledge that is embodied and rooted in lived experience. What role do art, poetry and beauty play in our understanding of knowledge? How can we relate to the European patriarchal social order in a way that is critical yet forward-looking?
The conversation is organized by Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus, TRANSPLACE, Stockholm University of the Arts and the courses Tusen kulturhus and Reconstructions at the Royal Institute of Art.
Admission is free, but pre-registration is required at anmalan@medborgarhuset.se.
Don’t miss out on applying for the course Reconstructions at the Royal Institute of Art no later than April 8. Read more about the course here.
Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish author whose books include Can Feminism Be African? A Most Paradoxical Question (Harper Collins 2025) and Andra sidan berget: en svart feministisk väg till sensuös kunskap för alla (Bloomsbury 2020). Her books and essays have been translated into several languages and her award-winning blog MsAfropolitan.com has over a million readers. Salami’s work raises questions about the politics of perception, the role of sensory knowledge in our understanding of the world, and the intersections between feminism, philosophy and artistic research.
Jonna Bornemark is a professor of philosophy at the Center for Practical Knowledge. She has previously published books such as Det omätbaras renässans: en uppgörelse med pedanternas världsherravälde (Volante, 2018). Bornemark is also a frequent guest on radio programs such as Filosofiska rummet, Teologiska rummet and Kropp & Själ, and writes regularly in Dagens Nyheter. Bornemark has written the foreword to Minna Salami’s book Andra sidan berget: en svart feministisk väg till sensuös kunskap för alla (Resonate Edition 2023).