Landscape, Belonging, and Time
Hakim Bah, Moussa Yéro Bah, Nomi Dave, Bremen Donovan, Camila Rodriguez Triana, and Timothy Vasko
Reid Hall | 4, rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris
Free and open to the public / Registration required
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In conjunction with Luttes d’hier et richesses de demain – Ecological Resources, Belonging, and Temporal Imaginaries in Guinea, a conference co-sponsored by Columbia University and Sciences-Po, artists and scholars working across different traditions and locations will reflect on how their work engages with attachment to place. The social context created by land, ecology, and historical time complicates people’s claim to belonging and collective identity, made worse by extraction, environmental transformation, or political change. The event brings together artists and academics from both Guinea and the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination for an international comparison across different geographies.
Panelist:
Camila Rodríguez Triana is a visual artist and filmmaker whose distinctions include the Best Art Installation Award at Panorama 21, Le Fresnoy (France), and the Emerging Artist Award at the Rencontres Artistiques, Carré sur Seine (France).
Timothy Vasko is Assistant Professor of Religion and Human Rights at Barnard College.
Born in Guinea, Hakim Bah is a playwright, director, and actor.
Nomi Dave is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Oxford and the author of The Revolution’s Echoes: Music, Politics, and Protest in Guinea (Chicago: 2019).
Moussa Yéro Bah is a Guinean journalist and President of the Guinean NGO Femmes, Développement et Droits Humains en Guinée (F2DHG).
Bremen Donovan is a filmmaker, photographer, and researcher working primarily in West Africa, France, and the United States.
Organisers:
Lynnette Widder is Professor of Practice at Columbia University and co-author of Seeds of Diaspora (2026).
Gustav Kalm is Assistant Professor at Sciences Po Law School where he holds the Junior Chair for Earth Jurisprudence.