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The Black Future (Part 1)
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In 2018, Pittsburgh artist Alisha Wormsley created and posted what many considered to be a “controversial” billboard in the East Liberty neighborhood of the city. The billboard contained a single sentence that read: “There are black people in the future.” The simple statement was a profound one; in the context of a gentrifying neighborhood where black residents were being rapidly displaced, the billboard critiqued community planning strategies that expunge and erase black communities. But more than a critique, the billboard was also indicative of a particular artistic practice, mode of study and social engagement that has come to be known as “Afrofuturism.” In this episode, Secunda is joined by De'Anna Daniels, Jaison Oliver, and Dr. Jessica Davenport to explore Afrofuturism and its creative and cultural possibilities for community-building.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
For more on Wormsley, click here.
Adrienne Maree Brown - Octavia's Brood
Rhiana Gunn Wright - New Consensus Green New Deal
The Intercept - A message From the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
How It Feels to Be A Colored Me - Zora Neale Hurston
Zone 1, Underground Railroad, Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments - Saidiya Hartman
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Harriet Jacobs
Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler
Alondra Nelson - Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination
CREDITS
Produced, edited, and mixed by Luke Brawner
Co-Produced by Dr. Jessica Davenport
Music licensed through PodcastMusic.com
Artwork designed by Heather Hale
BECOME A PATRON
Join the neighborhood we're building and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1 a month on Patreon!
VISIT US ONLINE
www.therelaypodcast.com
www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast
©2016-2024 Odd Parliament, in association with Project Curate
18 episodes
Manage episode 245663747 series 2533750
In 2018, Pittsburgh artist Alisha Wormsley created and posted what many considered to be a “controversial” billboard in the East Liberty neighborhood of the city. The billboard contained a single sentence that read: “There are black people in the future.” The simple statement was a profound one; in the context of a gentrifying neighborhood where black residents were being rapidly displaced, the billboard critiqued community planning strategies that expunge and erase black communities. But more than a critique, the billboard was also indicative of a particular artistic practice, mode of study and social engagement that has come to be known as “Afrofuturism.” In this episode, Secunda is joined by De'Anna Daniels, Jaison Oliver, and Dr. Jessica Davenport to explore Afrofuturism and its creative and cultural possibilities for community-building.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
For more on Wormsley, click here.
Adrienne Maree Brown - Octavia's Brood
Rhiana Gunn Wright - New Consensus Green New Deal
The Intercept - A message From the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
How It Feels to Be A Colored Me - Zora Neale Hurston
Zone 1, Underground Railroad, Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments - Saidiya Hartman
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Harriet Jacobs
Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler
Alondra Nelson - Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination
CREDITS
Produced, edited, and mixed by Luke Brawner
Co-Produced by Dr. Jessica Davenport
Music licensed through PodcastMusic.com
Artwork designed by Heather Hale
BECOME A PATRON
Join the neighborhood we're building and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1 a month on Patreon!
VISIT US ONLINE
www.therelaypodcast.com
www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast
©2016-2024 Odd Parliament, in association with Project Curate
18 episodes
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