Abstract

This facilitated conversation builds on an exploratory discussion that took place during the CEI Summer/Winter School, 1 to 9 June 2022. Questions raised during the Summer/Winter School include: how do we think about racial capitalism in a way that’s not capitalocentric? what happens to the idea of racial capitalism if we step outside of a capitalocentric framing? what do anti-essentialism and post-structuralism offer anti-racism and what do they mean for understandings of racism as a structural phenomenon? In this facilitated conversation, three activist-scholars reflect on these questions in relation to their research and practice in specific settings in North America and Australia. The aim is to contribute to the ongoing conversation about diverse and community economies and race by thinking with concepts that have been foundational to community economies scholarship.

Presenters

1. Rosi Aryal Lees

2. Leo Hwang

3. Maliha Safri