Decolonising Kink
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Decolonising Kink

4. December 2023, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

By means of ethnographically and sociologically informed research, this 3-hours workshop seeks to explore kink from various cultures across the African continent.

By looking from another angle, this talk hopes to teach about sexuality from a pre-colonial and decolonial perspective and how kink might not have always been called that way, while existing for millennia, in the hopes of offering tools for true inclusivity in BDSM today.

 

Event Details

Date & Time:  December 4th, 2023, 7 pm-10 pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussion/workshop (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English

Minimum Knowledge Level: none

What to Bring:  An open mind, curiosity, questions, and a desire to explore the topic.

Solo or Partnered: both 

Class recording: yes, participants will not be recorded. The recording will be made available to ticket holders after the event and will be available for 14 days.

 

What we will teach/do

  • Mindfulness practices (Breathing exercises)
  • Rapid history of BDSM (western POV, Sade, R.V Masoch until the US gay community)
  • Switch to PanAfrican perspective
  • Game of “Guess the kink”: In this game, I am going to explain several practices from the continent and they’ll have to link it to a kink we know. (Multiple choice game)
  • Breakout rooms time: Are there practices in your family or culture you can now link to Kink?
  • Feedback sessions from the breaking room
  • Solutions for bringing more inclusivity in kink spaces

 

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

 

Facilitator

Caritia (no pronouns)

Caritia is a Berlin-based kink activist, shibari educator, and co-founder of Karada House and OhYesPlease.org. Caritia’s fascination with the root/the body stems from a longing to deeply ‘listen’ to the body holistically, from the inside out. Self-identifying and living in a queer, gender non-conforming, BiPoC (afab) body, connecting with the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, as a sex worker and dominant, thrivi...

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Oya (she/they)

Oya is a the founder of AFROSOMA. A black paradigm whose mission is to support the preservation and transmission of ancestral African knowledge while encouraging its integration into contemporary practices through three dedicated departments: Research, Education, and Arts. Beyond this, Oya employs the lenses of photography and literature in their ethnographic pursuits, unearthing ancient African k...

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