{"id":38972,"date":"2014-12-18T18:18:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=38972"},"modified":"2014-12-18T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T21:33:10","slug":"conference-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=38972","title":{"rendered":"Conference Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/depaulmagazine.com\/2014\/12\/16\/conference-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Conference Recap<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/depaulmagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\">DePaul Magazine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"%20http:\/\/depaulmagazine.com\/2014\/12\/\" target=\"_blank\">December 2014<\/a> (2014-12-16)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/criticalmixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/cmrs-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/depaulmagazinetest2.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the third biennial <a href=\"http:\/\/criticalmixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/cmrs-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference<\/a>, hosted at DePaul last month, participants could be heard speaking in British, Finnish, Japanese, Australian and Canadian accents, among others. This medley of voices perfectly encapsulated the theme of this year\u2019s conference, Global Mixed Race. Co-organizers <a href=\"http:\/\/offices.depaul.edu\/svdpp\/Members\/Pages\/Camilla-Fojas.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Camilla Fojas<\/a>, Vincent de Paul professor and director of Latin American and Latino Studies, LGBTQ Studies and Critical Ethnic Studies, and <a href=\"http:\/\/offices.depaul.edu\/svdpp\/Members\/Pages\/Laura-Kina.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Kina<\/a>, Vincent de Paul professor of art, media and design, chose this theme in recognition of the widening scope of critical mixed race studies in its comparative, transnational and global dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>The emerging field of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Critical_Mixed_Race_Studies\" target=\"_blank\">critical mixed race studies<\/a> (CMRS) focuses on the institutionalization of social, cultural and political orders based on dominant conceptions of race. CMRS theorists, who come from many different disciplines, engage with issues of systemic injustice, the mutability of race and racial boundaries, and processes of racialization and social stratification. \u201cWe are here to create an inclusive community that honors the dignity of all individuals,\u201d said Sara Furr, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentaffairs.depaul.edu\/cip\/aboutus.html\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Intercultural Programs<\/a>. \u201cThis conference truly embodies DePaul\u2019s commitment to social justice.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/depaulmagazine.com\/2014\/12\/16\/conference-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference Recap DePaul Magazine December 2014 (2014-12-16) For the third biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, hosted at DePaul last month, participants could be heard speaking in British, Finnish, Japanese, Australian and Canadian accents, among others. This medley of voices perfectly encapsulated the theme of this year\u2019s conference, Global Mixed Race. Co-organizers Camilla Fojas, Vincent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2895,20],"tags":[847,18804,1458,41],"class_list":["post-38972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-campus-life","category-usa","tag-camilla-fojas","tag-depaul-magazine","tag-depaul-university","tag-laura-kina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}