Transformation Series: Monsters and Mestizos with Dr. Saraliza Anzaldúa

The Beloved Community Transformation Series is continuing this semester! This monthly online series is tailored to inspire hope and action, with special guests who exemplify the work of Beloved Community.

Our next session features guest speaker Saraliza Anzaldúa, Ph.D., (ya/i-) Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness within the School of Consciousness and Transformation.

Dr. Anzaldúa specializes in monster theory and writes on Indigenous Chicane (Mexican/Mexican-American) and Daoist philosophy with a focus on metaphysics and spirit through a healing lens. In this session, Dr. Anzaldúa will discuss the book, Monsters and Mestizos: Mestizaje as White Supremacy and the Monsterization of Indigeneity and how the principles of monster theory apply in today's world.

Our Guest Speaker

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Dr. Saraliza Anzaldúa, Monsters (aesthetic theory and dehumanization theory), horror and fear broadly, alternative understandings of "evil" and criticism of its use as a means of dehumanization, curanderismo, healing in Indigenous/Chicane communities, Indigenous and Chicane philosophy, decolonial theory, Daoism, Buddhism and Chinese philosophy as it intersects with Daoist influence, monistic and process metaphysics from Indigenous and Daoist traditions, spiritual (and moral/ethical) models from Indigenous and Daoist traditions (especially as an alternative to colonial capital models), sexuality and sexual diversity (queer studies.)