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Knee On My Neck Seminar: Black Masculinity in Norway

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A reflective dialogue about masculinity in light of race, identity and power.

Thursday 24 August at 6 PM
Museum of Oslo (Bymuseet) in Frognerparken
Free event

Museum of Oslo (Bymuseet), in collaboration with Lift Every Voice and PLATTFORM – Institute for Prevention of Radicalization and Extreme Violence, invite you to a reflective dialogue about masculinity in light of race, identity and power.

Researcher Baba Amani Olúbánjọ Buntu will present findings from a new study on how young black men in Norway express themselves on digital platforms. The program also includes a panel conversation about obstacles, possibilities, and challenges in relation to African masculinities. The audience is invited to share their own experiences with the roles of men based on their own cultural references.

Contributors: Abidbasid Mohamed (psychologist), Chimaobi Ahamba (mentor), Jelsen Lee Innocent (conceptual artist), Michelle Tisdel (social anthropologist), Tshivuma Kambayi (activist), and Victor Kimathi Mati (creative artist).

All are welcome. The program will be conducted in English. The event will be streamed.

You can also explore the exhibition Your breath, your voice in advance. The exhibition is open from 11 AM. Free entrance every Thursday.

In collaboration with Lift Every Voice, Arkivet and PLATTFORM – Institute for Prevention of Radicalization and Extreme Violence. Funded by Fritt Ord.

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Ka Man Mak

Ka Man is an investigative journalist, documentary photographer, and social entrepreneur, as well as the founder of The Oslo Desk. She is a British-born Hong Konger residing in Oslo, Norway. She holds a Master in Environmental Geoscience and have taken numerous diplomas including child psychology, and a course in big data analytics at OsloMet. Made numerous publications in newsletters, magazines and Norwegian newspapers. Interested in edtech, constructive journalism, women in migration, Cantonese language, alternatives to capitalism and asylum policy.