# Event Details - **Event Name**: Rise Symposium - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 08 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm - **Event Description**: Rise Symposium | Dec 8–12 Black artists, thinkers & communities sharing stories, research & art that resist erasure.About this EventThe Rise Symposium, taking place December 8–12, brings together Black artists, thinkers, and cultural workers in a dynamic gathering that uplifts stories rooted in lived experience and collective knowledge. Grounded in contributions from Minorit’art, the symposium features talks, workshops, and collaborative sessions designed to share research accessibly, foster lasting community connections, and explore applied practices. By centering narratives that resist commodification and erasure, the event creates space for dialogue and co-creation across generations. Highlights include three selected student artists showcasing their work, curated by student peers, in alignment with the symposium’s theme of Unfungible narratives.Each day will be held at Several different locations within Halifax, throughout the week.*RISE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SCHEDULE*Full Workshop/Talk Descriptions on our website https://infungiblenarratives.ca/Dec 8: Exhibition Opening4 pm- Exhibition Opening (Location TBA)Dec 9: Campus Visit/ Rise Public Launch5 pm - PerformanceDec 10: Conference Day Academy Campus 2nd floor, 1649 Brunswick St, Halifax, NS B3J 1K99:30 Opening : Boulagel/SabasArtist Talk 10 am to 11:50 am10 to 10:30 pm : Jeannette Elhers "A Practice toward El Manifesto decolonial"10:40 to 11:10 pm : Dana Edmonds "Cotton On: How Cotton Slavery Never Ended — It Just Changed Clothes"11:20 to 11:50 pm : David Woods "Talk- North Preston Gullah"Art-Based Research: 12 pm to 12:30 pm12 pm to 12:30pm : Patricia Brito "Decolonial Critical Thinking in the Artistic Practices of Black Brazil Art"--------LUNCH BREAK-------- 12:45 pm -2 pm2pm to 2:30 pm : Laurence Maquiaba, Joris Lechêne, Pauline Cabidoche "Infungible Narratives: from Metaphor to Raw•Brutal•Realistic Reality"Literature & Social Sciences2:40 pm to 3:10 pm : Claudine Bonner "Infungibles Narratives of Black Immigration in Canada"3:20 pm to 3:50 pm : Amzat Boukari-Yabara "Pan-African Reflections on Infungible Narratives"4 pm :Closing Poetry/DrummingDec 11: Conference Day 21649 Brunswick St, Halifax, NS B3J 1K9 Academy Campus 2nd floor9:30 am Opening: Boulagel/Classical MusicArtist Talk 10 to 10:30 - NS artist TBA10.40 to 11:10 Julien Lubanda Kandolo "Infungible Memory"Art-Based Research: 11:20 pm to 12:30 pm11:20 pm to 11:50 pm : Eddy Firmin "Narratives of fungibility and infungibility: tension between lamentation and pride."12 pm to 12:30 pm : Pamela Edmonds " The Curator as Witness: Black Embodiment, Institutional Memory, and the Practice of Infungibility"------- LUNCH BREAK------- 12:45 pm - 2 pmLiterature & Social Sciences2 pm to 2:30 pm : Emeline Pierre "Caribbean and magical-religious crime fiction: in search of a poetics of the Infungible narrative"2:40 pm to 3:10 pm: Véronique Clette Gakuba "Récit infongible et relation aux morts : conditions d’une vie non Voilée chez W.E.B. Du Bois"3:20 pm to 3:50 pm: Alexandre Gefen "The story of Souleymane, or the infongibility of asylum seekers' narratives."4 pm : Closing Poetry/Drumming BoulaguelDec 12: Restitution Conference Workshop in 3 Research Groups : Olivier MarboeufGroup Research Release2 pm : Group 12:30 pm : Group 23 pm: Group 33:30 pm : Collective Talk4:30 pm Closing of the 1st symposium - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/halifax/rise-symposium/100001755313462819 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, business, exhibitions, conferences, music, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Halifax - **state**: NS - **country**: Canada - **location**: 1871 Granville St - **lat**: 44.64980610000001 - **long**: -63.5744315 - **full address**: 1871 Granville St, 1871 Granville Street, Halifax, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Rise Symposium - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/94113cd83bb68817d2ebafecf4f39cab2002cad3dff9874224022e190ac8c1ea-rimg-w1200-h626-dce2e8eb-gmir.png?v=1762864888 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Rise Symposium being held? - **A:** Rise Symposium takes place on Mon, 08 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm to Mon, 08 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm at 1871 Granville St, 1871 Granville Street, Halifax, Canada. - **Q**: Who is organizing Rise Symposium? - **A:** Rise Symposium is organized by Eddy Firmin. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Rise Symposium is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Halifax, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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