15 Years of Democratizing Knowledge: Legacies, Reflections and Celebrations

After 15 years, the Democratizing Knowledge Project (DKP) is coming to a close. In this two-day celebration/symposium, collective members, presenters and supporters reflect on the impact the DKP has left on Syracuse University and beyond.

The celebration begins on Thursday, April 3 with an in-person screening and discussion with the filmmakers of the documentary Bad Form: Queer, Broke & Amazing! followed by a reception. On Friday, April 4, five panels are scheduled throughout the day:

• Panel #1: Reflections from the Current Collective
• Panel #2: Reflections from Program Assistants and Graduate Students
• Panel #3: Confronting Neutrality, Complicity, and Fascism in the Carceral Academy
• Panel #4: Settler Colonialism, Racial Legacies, and Indigenous Presence (Democratizing Knowledge through Scholar-Activism)
• Panel #5: Democratizing Knowledge Legacies and Futures

This event would not be possible without our co-sponsors: CODE^SHIFT, School of Education, Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA), Lender Center, LGBTQ Studies, and the Departments of: Women’s and Gender Studies, History, African American Studies (AAS), Sociology, Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), and Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (LLL).