In this episode we talk to Jasmine Nichole Cobb, who is Professor of African & African American Studies as well as of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University, and who has also recently joined the RTG Minor Cosmopolitanism's network of international partners. Our conversation focuses on her latest book, titled New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair forthcoming in December from Duke University Press. The book explores Afro-textured hair as a surface upon which black liberation is represented from slavery to the present day. We talk to Jasmine about how hair functions as a form of representation within black visual culture, before moving to hear her explain how she thinks about hair in relation to scholarly work on the notion of the flesh. Finally, we about how hair is connected to feeling both in the tactile and affective sense.
For links, a list of references, and more information about our guest please visit https://minor.hypotheses.org/podcast
Our amazing intro track is by Shane Cooper, called "Bass in the Bathroom", from the album "Small Songs for Big Times", March 2020. For more, please visit shanecopper.bandcamp.com/
