From Shared Emotions to Shared Agency: The Emergence of a New Collective Political Subject in the Belarusian Protest Movement of 2020
Invitation for the lecture “From Shared Emotions to Shared Agency: The Emergence of a New Collective Political Subject in the Belarusian Protest Movement of 2020” by Professor Tatiana Shchyttsova
European Centre for Philosophy of Culture (Faculty of Philosophy, UW) invites for the lecture
From Shared Emotions to Shared Agency: The Emergence of a New Collective Political Subject in the Belarusian Protest Movement of 2020
The lecture will be delivered by
Professor Tatiana Shchyttsova
(European Humanities University, Vilnius)
Abstract:
The Belarusian protest movement of 2020, triggered by the fraudulent results of the presidential elections and the use of brutal force by the authorities, was the most important event in the history of independent Belarus. Although it did not lead to a change in the authoritarian regime, it is not without reason defined in terms of revolution. A radical social transformation brought about by the Belarusian protests was the formation of a new collective political subject, a solidary democratic community. Given that most of the protesters were apolitical before 2020, it is worth asking: how did a mass of politically indifferent people become capable of unprecedented political solidarity and a strong commitment to certain values and goals? In answering this question, the lecture will shed light on the genesis and key characteristics of the new democratic 'we’, which proved to be creative and promising in many ways.
Date: January 16th,4;45-6:15pm
Place: Krakowskie Przedmieście 3, room 4
Contact: dr Przemysław Bursztyka (pbursztyka@uw.edu.pl)
Tatiana Shchyttsova, Dr. habil. in Philosophy, is Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and and Head of the Center for Research of Intersubjectivity and Interpersonal Communication at the European Humanitites University, Vilnius (the Belarusian university in exile). Throughout her academic career, Tatiana Shchyttsova has received various international research fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship and has given a number of guest lectures at various European academic institutions (the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, the University of Freiburg, the University of Helsinki and many others). She is editor-in-chief of the journal for philosophy and cultural studies Topos. Since October 2021, she has been Adviser on Education and Science to the President-elect of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.