Bandung, 1955: Global Meeting Point

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Abstract

This paper applies methods and concepts of Global and Transnational History to reflect on the Asian-African Conference of Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955, as an emblematic case of the global relations behind the appropriation and meaning of denominations such as Third World and Afro-Asian movement.  We believe in the potentiality of this event for the construction of connected narratives. Disputes over the place of leadership, external participation to the group officially represented, as well as the repercussions and efforts to insert the event into non-Statewise mobilization agendas such as Pan-Africanism are approached through sources produced during the Congress, as well as through articles by the press and analysts. Ultimately, this paper argues for the importance of complexifying the analysis of the participants of international politics introduced by the Afro-Asian Conference, problematizing categories normally accepted as dominant for political action in the period and broadening the perception of the field of International Relations as a whole.

Author Biographies

Raissa Brescia dos Reis, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutora e Mestre em História Social da Cultura pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS e Doutora pela UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE. Suas áreas de interesse e trabalho transitam no campo da história intelectual e política da África de expressão francesa no século XX, voltando-se principalmente para o Movimento da Négritude e do Pan-africanismo, por meio da revista Présence Africaine, assim como para as independências dos países oeste-africanos.

Taciana Almeida Garrido Resende, Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais

Possui graduação em História pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2011) e mestrado em História pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação da mesma instituição (2014). Concentra seus interesses de estudo nas áreas: História da África Contemporânea, Relações Internacionais Brasil - África, História intelectual africana e Ensino de História e Filosofia. É professora no Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais.

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dos Reis, R. B., & Resende, T. A. G. (2019). Bandung, 1955: Global Meeting Point. Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 26(42), 309–332. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2019v26n42p309

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