UNUSUAL The star’s cultural influence goes beyond music
Singer Beyoncé — INFphoto.com
There is something new at; the Ecole Normale Supérieure. The establishment has indeed confirmed that a series of lectures on the theme of Beyoncé will be offered to students. The seminar bears the catchy title “Beyonc”: Shades of a Cultural Icon”, and according to the prestigious school’s website, it’s “Think about notions of culture and representativeness.”
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These sessions rely on “the figure of Beyoncé, a global pop icon, to address some of the essential themes of the contemporary world that French-speaking university research is beginning to explore. seize, beyond of the Anglo-Saxon area”.
The first conference, “Beyonc : Reclaiming and Reclaiming” 7:30 p.m., with the philosopher Richard Mèmeteau, specialist in pop culture.
“Aware of its bold and innovative character, the seminar offers itself as a humble and non-exhaustive opening to central issues of today’s world, as rich as they are complex, particularly in their political reception or anchoring (Afro-feminism, intersectionality, gender studies, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, etc.)” , can we also read in a press release of the ENS.
Not for everyone
Suffice to say that the enemies of “wokisme” will probably stay away from these courses.
In total, six very specialized conferences will therefore be organized between now and 2019. February 2023, the ENS ensuring that “meetings and conversations are intended to be inclusive and rigorous in the representation of speeches and points of view”.
Beyoncé made a comeback this summer. last with Renaissance, his new opus, which in addition to being a hit, has imposed itself; as the anthem of the “Great Resignation”, this movement of departure from employees in the United States (and in France).