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Varn VlogThe Poetry of Diasporic Memory with Ben MeyersonFlamenco's haunting rhythms carry centuries of suppressed memories—the echoes of Spain's Jewish and Muslim communities, expelled and erased through centuries of ethnic cleansing. Yet somehow, these cultural memories persist through sound and verse, creating what poet Ben Meyerson calls "diasporic memory."In this conversation that spans continents and centuries, Meyerson takes us deep into the inspiration behind his collection "Seguirías," named after a flamenco form known for its mournful depth. "I was using it as a shorthand for diasporic memory," he explains, "for the recording of diasporic memory or itinerant memory in various ways." Through his...2025-06-091h 43
The Unfair & Lovely PodcastThe Unfair & Lovely Podcast - Episode 9: The Ultimate Guide to Being the Cool, Diasporic Kid with ArmishYour two worlds can co-exist and compliment each other! In this episode of The Unfair & Lovely Podcast, I interviewed the founder of Mehfil, Armish, and we discussed the importance of honouring our cultural roots while also embracing our diasporic roots. Mehfil is a third space for the South Asian community to be their authentic selves! More Information about Armish: Armish is the founder, curator, and creative behind Mehfil, a community space celebrating diasporic and South Asian identity, culture, and connection. Passionate about storytelling and creating meaningful experiences, Armis...2025-03-3128 min
Asian Bitches Down UnderDiasporic experience and art creation. feat. Rainbow ChanIn this episode, we speak to Rainbow Chan, a multifaceted artist whose work spans music, performance, and visual art. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Sydney, Rainbow's artistic journey is deeply rooted in her family's heritage and her experiences as a member of the Asian diaspora. Rainbow's creative process is a fascinating blend of traditional and contemporary elements. Her songwriting often explores themes of loss and healing, focusing on the complexities of diasporic experiences. One of Rainbow's most intriguing projects revolves around her Weitou ancestry, the first settlers of Hong Kong. She has been working on...2025-01-1543 minAsian Bitches Down UnderDiasporic experience and art creation. feat. Rainbow ChanIn this episode, we speak to Rainbow Chan, a multifaceted artist whose work spans music, performance, and visual art. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Sydney, Rainbow's artistic journey is deeply rooted in her family's heritage and her experiences as a member of the Asian diaspora. Rainbow's creative process is a fascinating blend of traditional and contemporary elements. Her songwriting often explores themes of loss and healing, focusing on the complexities of diasporic experiences. One of Rainbow's most intriguing projects revolves around her Weitou ancestry, the first settlers of Hong Kong. She has been working on...2025-01-1543 min
ÁCCENTEDKrysada Phounsiri & Saymoukda Duangphouxay VongsayLao writers Krysada Phounsiri and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen.
ABOUT THE GUESTS
Krysada Phounsiri is a Lao American award winning poet, professional dancer, optical engineer, and photographer. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a Physics & Astrophysics double major. He minored in Creative Writing with a focus on poetry. His poetry has been featured in various publications like the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education, SEARAC 40 & Forward, and San Diego Poetry Together anthology. He has authored two poetry books: "Dance Among Elephants," 2015, which takes readers...2024-09-1345 min
Rich Queer AuntiesBoundaries in Context: A Guide for Those of Diasporic OriginWelcome back to RichQueerAunties, I'm Christabel, your host - nurse leader, writer, and African auntie. Today's episode explores boundaries within the unique context of diasporic origins.
Boundaries are often discussed but not in ways that fit our lived experiences. For many of us from the global South or with parents from there, boundaries are intricate. We grew up valuing community and family over individualism.
So how do we begin to own our individuality while respecting our roots? Unhooking our worthiness from our actions is key. Accepting our realities in a hyper-capitalistic society, recognizing our inherent worth, and building nurturing communities...2024-08-1324 minRich Queer AuntiesBoundaries in Context: A Guide for Those of Diasporic OriginWelcome back to RichQueerAunties, I'm Christabel, your host - nurse leader, writer, and African auntie. Today's episode explores boundaries within the unique context of diasporic origins.
Boundaries are often discussed but not in ways that fit our lived experiences. For many of us from the global South or with parents from there, boundaries are intricate. We grew up valuing community and family over individualism.
So how do we begin to own our individuality while respecting our roots? Unhooking our worthiness from our actions is key. Accepting our realities in a hyper-capitalistic society, recognizing our inherent...2024-08-1324 min
Grad Chat - Queen's School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDakota Urban (Classics & Archeology) – Transcultural language in Diasporic Jewish InscriptionsThe diasporic (Jewish) experience is characterized by the dynamics of acculturation and enculturation; a twofold process entailing a degree of integration into the majority culture and at the same time a strong retention of the Jewish identity. The primary purpose of Dakota’s thesis is to demonstrate how diasporic Jewish communities in the Graeco-Roman world adapted to different contexts in which they were the minority, while cultivating their identity within these contexts and making it accessible and receptive for non-Jews. To achieve this, Dakota
explores how transcultural language in Greek-language inscriptions expresses the Jewish identity in a ma...2024-04-0200 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSeason 3 Premiere! The Disquiet & Forwarding Asian American & Asian Diasporic Buddhist Experiences with Rev. Liên Shutt & Rev. Dana TakagiNEW Co-Host: Reverend Dana TakagiDana (she/her) is a retired professor of Sociology and also a zen priest. She spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian Am history at UC Santa Cruz, she is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies. Zen practice since 1998. Check out more of Dana's work:2022: Sutra and Bible: an Interview with Duncan Ryūken Williams2020: Most Intimate, Ordinary Way, Recollections of Katherine Thanas (co-eds. with Eugene Bush; 2nd printing 2022)Mentioned in the episode, her 1993 book on...2024-04-0247 min
New Books in Chinese StudiesWayne Soon, "Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History" (Stanford UP, 2020)Today I talked to Wayne Soon about his book Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History (Stanford UP, 2020).In 1938, one year into the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese military found itself in dire medical straits. Soldiers were suffering from deadly illnesses, and were unable to receive blood transfusions for their wounds. The urgent need for medical assistance prompted an unprecedented flowering of scientific knowledge in China and Taiwan throughout the twentieth century. Wayne Soon draws on archives from three continents to argue that Overseas Chinese were key to this development, utilizing their global connections and diasporic links to...2023-12-191h 03
New Books in Military HistoryWayne Soon, "Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History" (Stanford UP, 2020)Today I talked to Wayne Soon about his book Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History (Stanford UP, 2020).In 1938, one year into the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese military found itself in dire medical straits. Soldiers were suffering from deadly illnesses, and were unable to receive blood transfusions for their wounds. The urgent need for medical assistance prompted an unprecedented flowering of scientific knowledge in China and Taiwan throughout the twentieth century. Wayne Soon draws on archives from three continents to argue that Overseas Chinese were key to this development, utilizing their global connections and diasporic links to...2023-12-191h 05
New Books in MedicineWayne Soon, "Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History" (Stanford UP, 2020)Today I talked to Wayne Soon about his book Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History (Stanford UP, 2020).In 1938, one year into the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese military found itself in dire medical straits. Soldiers were suffering from deadly illnesses, and were unable to receive blood transfusions for their wounds. The urgent need for medical assistance prompted an unprecedented flowering of scientific knowledge in China and Taiwan throughout the twentieth century. Wayne Soon draws on archives from three continents to argue that Overseas Chinese were key to this development, utilizing their global connections and diasporic links to...2023-12-191h 05
New Books in East Asian StudiesWayne Soon, "Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History" (Stanford UP, 2020)Today I talked to Wayne Soon about his book Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History (Stanford UP, 2020).In 1938, one year into the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese military found itself in dire medical straits. Soldiers were suffering from deadly illnesses, and were unable to receive blood transfusions for their wounds. The urgent need for medical assistance prompted an unprecedented flowering of scientific knowledge in China and Taiwan throughout the twentieth century. Wayne Soon draws on archives from three continents to argue that Overseas Chinese were key to this development, utilizing their global connections and diasporic links to...2023-12-191h 05
New Books in the History of ScienceWayne Soon, "Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History" (Stanford UP, 2020)Today I talked to Wayne Soon about his book Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History (Stanford UP, 2020).In 1938, one year into the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese military found itself in dire medical straits. Soldiers were suffering from deadly illnesses, and were unable to receive blood transfusions for their wounds. The urgent need for medical assistance prompted an unprecedented flowering of scientific knowledge in China and Taiwan throughout the twentieth century. Wayne Soon draws on archives from three continents to argue that Overseas Chinese were key to this development, utilizing their global connections and diasporic links to...2023-12-191h 03
New Books in Latino StudiesRebeca L. Hey-Colón, "Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds" (U Texas Press, 2023)Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits.Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, Channeling Knowledges: Water and Af...2023-05-3038 min
New Books in Latin American StudiesRebeca L. Hey-Colón, "Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds" (U Texas Press, 2023)Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits.Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, Channeling Knowledges: Water and Af...2023-05-3038 min
New Books in Literary StudiesRebeca L. Hey-Colón, "Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds" (U Texas Press, 2023)Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits.Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, Channeling Knowledges: Water and Af...2023-05-3038 min
New Books in Caribbean StudiesRebeca L. Hey-Colón, "Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds" (U Texas Press, 2023)Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits.Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, Channeling Knowledges: Water and Af...2023-05-3038 min
New Books in African American StudiesRebeca L. Hey-Colón, "Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds" (U Texas Press, 2023)Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits.Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, Channeling Knowledges: Water and Af...2023-05-3038 min
Off the Record with UT PressRebeca L. Hey-Colón, "Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds" (U Texas Press, 2023)Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits.Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, Channeling Knowledges: Water and Af...2023-05-3038 minNew Books in Chinese StudiesChien-Wen Kung, "Diasporic Cold Warriors: Nationalist China, Anticommunism, and the Philippine Chinese, 1930s-1970s" (Cornell UP, 2022)From the 1950s to the 1970s, Philippine Chinese were Southeast Asia's most exemplary Cold Warriors among overseas Chinese. During these decades, no Chinese community in the region was more vigilant in identifying and rooting out suspected communists from within its midst; none was as committed to mobilizing against the People's Republic of China as the one in the former US colony. Ironically, for all the fears of overseas Chinese communities' ties to the PRC at the time, the example of the Philippines shows that the "China" that intervened the most extensively in any Southeast Asian Chinese society during the...2023-03-031h 33
New Books in Southeast Asian StudiesChien-Wen Kung, "Diasporic Cold Warriors: Nationalist China, Anticommunism, and the Philippine Chinese, 1930s-1970s" (Cornell UP, 2022)From the 1950s to the 1970s, Philippine Chinese were Southeast Asia's most exemplary Cold Warriors among overseas Chinese. During these decades, no Chinese community in the region was more vigilant in identifying and rooting out suspected communists from within its midst; none was as committed to mobilizing against the People's Republic of China as the one in the former US colony. Ironically, for all the fears of overseas Chinese communities' ties to the PRC at the time, the example of the Philippines shows that the "China" that intervened the most extensively in any Southeast Asian Chinese society during the...2023-03-031h 33
kaseyrronsey(ebook online) Ash� Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression {EBOOK} by Paul Cater HarrisonDownload Ash�: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression Full Edition,Full Version,Full Book by Paul Cater Harrison Reading Now at : https://happyreadingebook.club/?book=0367464799 OR DOWNLOAD EBOOK NOW! [PDF] Download (ebook online) Ash�: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression {EBOOK} Ebook | READ ONLINE Download (ebook online) Ash�: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression {EBOOK} read ebook online PDF EPUB KINDLE Download (ebook online) Ash�: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression {EBOOK} PDF - KINDLE - EPUB - MOBI2023-02-2600 min
KPFA - Hard Knock RadioPhilippines and KOLA: An Afro Diasporic Remix of the NutcrackerDavey speaks with Nickel Rivera an organizer with The League of Filipino Students about the political issues the country of Philippines is facing.
Later we speak with Rozz Nash-Coulon about KOLA: An Afro Diasporic Remix of the Nutcracker.
The post Philippines and KOLA: An Afro Diasporic Remix of the Nutcracker appeared first on KPFA.
2022-11-3059 min
Kiko's Freethinker's Forum15: Sarah Ohmer talks Afro-Diasporic Spiritualities, Decolonizing Minds, and Black Women Writers (Part 1)Dr. Sarah Soarinina Ohmer, Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, African American Studies and Women’s Studies at Lehman College in the Bronx, NY contemplates trauma in Afro-diasporic literature and warns about internal colonial mindsets that still affect Black communities in the Western World in this introspective and insightful Part One.
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Clay in ColorOn the Complexity of Diasporic Living with Anina MajorToday on Clay in Color, we chat with Anina Major. She creates ceramic sculptures, mixed media installations, videos, and performances about the relationship between self and place from a Caribbean diasporic lens. In our interview, we talk about how she developed the language of plaiting in her vessels from traditions of straw weaving in the Bahamas and her love of materials. We also discuss guilt as a starting point for the investigations in her practice, how her feelings have changed as her practice evolved, and ideas of universality and specificity in the perspectives she shares. Furthermore, she tells us...2022-09-2041 min
Tuesday Breakfast2022 Forum For Dwelling Justice, 'Citizen': Art & Diasporic Identity, 'Footscray Foodie': Exploring Footscray's Food Scene, Climate Jobs for All, Climate Change: A Health CrisisWe hear from Architectural design activist - Linda Kennedy who introduced the recent 2022 Forum For Dwelling Justice. Linda delivered the Keynote speech from the symposium held at The Capitol Theatre here in Naarm/Melbourne a few weeks ago. The event brought together grassroots individuals, groups and activist-scholars to talk about the radical potential for resistance to dispossession, displacement and precarity in the activist space. Organised by RMIT's Centre for Urban Research, the forum was supported by the International Journal of Housing Policy, RAHU - the Renters and Housing Union and 3CR. To hear more from the event - tune in on...2022-09-1900 min
Listen, Learn, and Be Captivated by Free AudiobookVoices from Home: Wisdom from Our Diasporic Roots Audiobook by Ephraim OsaghaeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 615391
Title: Voices from Home: Wisdom from Our Diasporic Roots
Author: Ephraim Osaghae
Narrator: Radostin Radev
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:59:21
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-22
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science
Summary:
Every human being is part of a bigger family, which is figuratively represented by the family tree. We have roots that extend beyond places and cultures of our current residences. This is particularly true for people in diaspora. Our roots still weigh a lot into our everyday living irrespective of geographical distance and time. Thus, would...2022-08-011h 59
The University of Chicago Press PodcastGhassan Hage, "The Diasporic Condition: Ethnographic Explorations of the Lebanese in the World" (U Chicago Press, 2021)Bridging the gap between migration studies and the anthropological tradition, Ghassan Hage illustrates that transnationality and its attendant cultural consequences are not necessarily at odds with classic theory.In The Diasporic Condition, Ghassan Hage engages with the diasporic Lebanese community as a shared lifeworld, defining a common cultural milieu that transcends spatial and temporal distance—a collective mode of being here termed the “diasporic condition.” Encompassing a complicated transnational terrain, Hage’s long-term ethnography takes us from Mehj and Jalleh in Lebanon to Europe, Australia, South America, and North America, analyzing how Lebanese migrants and their families have esta...2022-07-2950 min
New Books in AnthropologyGhassan Hage, "The Diasporic Condition: Ethnographic Explorations of the Lebanese in the World" (U Chicago Press, 2021)Bridging the gap between migration studies and the anthropological tradition, Ghassan Hage illustrates that transnationality and its attendant cultural consequences are not necessarily at odds with classic theory.In The Diasporic Condition, Ghassan Hage engages with the diasporic Lebanese community as a shared lifeworld, defining a common cultural milieu that transcends spatial and temporal distance—a collective mode of being here termed the “diasporic condition.” Encompassing a complicated transnational terrain, Hage’s long-term ethnography takes us from Mehj and Jalleh in Lebanon to Europe, Australia, South America, and North America, analyzing how Lebanese migrants and their families have esta...2022-07-2950 min
New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesGhassan Hage, "The Diasporic Condition: Ethnographic Explorations of the Lebanese in the World" (U Chicago Press, 2021)Bridging the gap between migration studies and the anthropological tradition, Ghassan Hage illustrates that transnationality and its attendant cultural consequences are not necessarily at odds with classic theory.In The Diasporic Condition, Ghassan Hage engages with the diasporic Lebanese community as a shared lifeworld, defining a common cultural milieu that transcends spatial and temporal distance—a collective mode of being here termed the “diasporic condition.” Encompassing a complicated transnational terrain, Hage’s long-term ethnography takes us from Mehj and Jalleh in Lebanon to Europe, Australia, South America, and North America, analyzing how Lebanese migrants and their families have esta...2022-07-2950 min
Conversations in Atlantic TheoryRobin Brooks on Class Interruptions: Inequality and Division in African Diasporic Women's FictionToday’s discussion is with Dr. Robin Brooks, an associate professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh with an impressive record of scholarship that examines a range of cultural matters concerning Black communities in the United States and the wider African Diaspora. Primary research and teaching interests for Dr. Brooks include contemporary cultural and literary studies as well as working-class studies, Black feminist theory, postcolonial studies, digital humanities, higher education management, and education policy. Her research is the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and fellowships and has been supported by the Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and...2022-07-281h 05
The Truth In This Art: Stories That MatterArtistic Journeys and Diasporic Narratives: Exploring Identity with Mojdeh RezaeipourYour adventure begins with 'The Truth in This Art' podcast, presented by your host, Rob Lee. Today we have Mojdeh Rezaeipour, an Iranian-born interdisciplinary artist, who specializes in mixed media, installation, and film, skillfully excavating material memory where her personal narrative intertwines with a collective diasporic tale. Holding a degree in architecture from the University of California Berkeley and having graduated from Alt*Div, an alternative divinity school centered on art and healing justice, Mojdeh's practice is marked by adaptability and process-led innovation. Formerly an architect, storyteller, and community organizer, her creative journey has been illuminated through exhibitions and...2022-07-1440 min
Millennial Soul FoodMSF Podcast 34: Diasporic Connections: Ways that Beyonce Constructs the US South as MotherlandDiasporic Connections: Ways that Beyonce Constructs the US South as Motherland
On the heels of Beyonce’s 7th Studio album act i RENAISSANCE, I did a LIVE podcast recording for some folks over IG.
For this episode, I talk about the ways that she constructs the “US South” as the Black US folks’ “Motherland” through vivid imagery, symbols and powerful language.
For this, I talk about Black Pride and Beyonce through a textual/ lyrics analysis of Black Parade. There’s so much Black richness in this song!
The Baobab tree that she talks about, w...2022-07-0744 min
Welcome To Fatherhood InterviewsEpisode 58 with Diasporic Educator Author and Professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University, Bill DavisIn this episode of Welcome To Fatherhood Interviews, Sir Royce Briales and Dr. Raheem Young talk to Bill Davis -Husband, Father, Diasporic Educator Author about his experiences raising 4 kids as a single father. We talk about buying black and showing his kids how he put his money into black-owned businesses.
****Hall of Fame****
What does Fatherhood mean to you?
Awesome journey with many challenges and blessings
Bill’s advice to any father:
Be true to the journey
Get in contact with Bill Davis
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Diasporic Children of Indenturee10c: Drag, Gender-based Performance and Indenture (part 3)We continue talking with Tifa Wine, Mx. Quest, Bijuriya, & Sundari the Indian Goddess, 4 indenture-descendant drag artists in 3 different diaspora sites, about performing gender, being Trinidadian & Guyanese, & the complex questions of identity.Tifa WineRyan Persadie/Tifa Wine is an artist, educator, performer, and researcher based in Toronto, Canada. His aesthetic and scholarly work interrogates the relationships and the entanglements between queer Indo-Caribbean diasporas, Caribbean feminisms, Afro-Asian intimacies, legacies of indenture, performance, embodiment, and popular culture. His writing can be found in the Stabroek News, A Colour Deep, Gay City News, and MUSICultures. He also works w...2022-01-3145 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee10b: Drag, Gender-based Performance and Indenture (part 2)We continue our discussion with Tifa Wine, Mx. Quest, Bijuriya, & Sundari the Indian Goddess, 4 indenture-descendant drag artists in 3 different diaspora sites, about performing gender, being Trinidadian & Guyanese, & the complex questions of identity.Tifa WineRyan Persadie/Tifa Wine is an artist, educator, performer, and researcher based in Toronto, Canada. His aesthetic and scholarly work interrogates the relationships and the entanglements between queer Indo-Caribbean diasporas, Caribbean feminisms, Afro-Asian intimacies, legacies of indenture, performance, embodiment, and popular culture. His writing can be found in the Stabroek News, A Colour Deep, Gay City News, and MUSICultures. He also w...2022-01-3138 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee10a: Drag, Gender-based Performance and Indenture (part 1)In this episode, we chat with Tifa Wine, Mx. Quest, Bijuriya, & Sundari the Indian Goddess, 4 indenture-descendant drag artists in 3 different diaspora sites, about performing gender, being Trinidadian & Guyanese, & the complex questions of identity.Tifa WineRyan Persadie/Tifa Wine is an artist, educator, performer, and researcher based in Toronto, Canada. His aesthetic and scholarly work interrogates the relationships and the entanglements between queer Indo-Caribbean diasporas, Caribbean feminisms, Afro-Asian intimacies, legacies of indenture, performance, embodiment, and popular culture. His writing can be found in the Stabroek News, A Colour Deep, Gay City News, and MUSICultures. He a...2022-01-3145 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee09c: An Indenture Writer’s Round Table – a post reading conversation (part 3)Episode 09c is a post-reading conversation, diving deeper into the questions of identity, language, writing and words.~ An Indenture Writer’s Round Table ~This special three-part episode brings together five diasporic writers with indenture origins from two hemispheres, from Eastern Africa’s Mauritius to the Caribbean’s Guyana, Trinidad, and Suriname, to talk about identity, language, these artists’ craft of words, and to read some of their work.Kama La Mackerel (they/them) - @kamalamackerel, Karimah Rahman (she/her) - @karimah__kr, Rajiv Mohabir (he/him) - @rajivmohabir, Siela Ardjosemito-Jethoe (she/her), and Ryan Pers...2022-01-2845 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee09b: An Indenture Writer’s Round Table – readings (part 2)Episode 09b is where the magic happens. Come listen to Kama La Mackerel, Karimah Rahman, Rajiv Mohabir, Siela Ardjosemito-Jethoe, and Ryan Persadie share their writing!Readings include:Kama’s “Your Body is the Ocean” from their book ZOM-FAM, Karimah's “Belonging Nowhere but Unapologetically Me: Muslim Indo-Caribbean and More” in Blooming Through Adversity: A Collection of Short Stories, Rajiv’s “Coolie Oddity” from his book Cutlish, and excerpts of spoken word pieces by Siela and a forthcoming article excerpt by Ryan.~ An Indenture Writer’s Round Table ~This special three-part episode brings together five diasp...2022-01-2845 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee09a An Indenture Writer’s Round Table – introductions and a chat on language and identity (part 1)Episode 09a starts off the series with introductions and discussions of identity with the five writers of the round table.~ An Indenture Writer’s Round Table ~This special three-part episode brings together five diasporic writers with indenture origins from two hemispheres, from Eastern Africa’s Mauritius to the Caribbean’s Guyana, Trinidad, and Suriname, to talk about identity, language, these artists’ craft of words, and to read some of their work.Kama La Mackerel (they/them) - @kamalamackerel, Karimah Rahman (she/her) - @karimah__kr, Rajiv Mohabir (he/him) - @rajivmohabir, Siela Ardjosemito-Jethoe (she/her...2022-01-2858 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee08b: Who are the Sarnami Hindostanen? (part 2) with Fazle, Pravini and SielaWe continue our chat with Fazle, Pravini and Siela, three Indo-Surinamese or Hindostanen, about their experiences growing up and living in the Netherlands, at the heart of empire.Fazle (they/he/she/dem) - @fazle_shairmahomedFazle Shairmahomed creates decolonizing rituals, performance art, and dance. Their work is rooted in ancestral work and intersectional activism. Through the urgency of community building their work creates spaces in which different communities are invited to nurture conversations around colonialism and the ways in which it has impacted our histories and the ways in which it exists today. The...2022-01-1941 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee08a: Who are the Sarnami Hindostanen? (part 1) with Fazle, Pravini and SielaIn this episode, we chat with Fazle, Pravini and Siela, three Indo-Surinamese or Hindostanen, about their experiences growing up and living in the Netherlands, at the heart of empire. Fazle (they/he/she/dem) - @fazle_shairmahomedFazle Shairmahomed creates decolonizing rituals, performance art, and dance. Their work is rooted in ancestral work and intersectional activism. Through the urgency of community building their work creates spaces in which different communities are invited to nurture conversations around colonialism and the ways in which it has impacted our histories and the ways in which it exists today. T...2022-01-1934 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee07b: A Chat on Guadeloupe Then and NowOne last posting for the theme of la francophonie and indenture. In episode 7b, I talk a little on my findings on Guadeloupe, beginning with the end of slavery and start of indenture to life on the island today. For the fall term in 2021, I completed an independent study of Guadeloupean Creole with the French Department of my uni. When you learn a language, you learn a new culture. In episode 7a on my study of creole, I spoke on how that new culture was so familiar to me as a Caribbean person. Something crucially new was learning how...2022-01-1839 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee07a: Meditations on Learning Guadeloupean Creole, Creoles and the CaribbeanContinuing with the theme of la francophonie and indenture, I switch things up this episode and chat about my experience learning Guadeloupean Creole as a creole-speaker during the fall term. Guadeloupe continues to be an Overseas Department of France, and out of the francophone Caribbean, the island received the largest number of people indentured from South Asia. The francophone Caribbean was a region I didn't know much about. However, through my study, I've come to learn how much we share as Caribbean people. Byen mèsi a prof chéri an-mwen! Enjoy!Don't forget to sub...2022-01-131h 17Diasporic Children of Indenturee06b: La Francophonie and Indenture with Karimah Rahman (part 2)We continue our conversation with our guest Karimah Rahman, exploring growing up anglo and Muslim Indo-Caribbean in francophone Quebec and life settling in other parts of Canada.Karimah (she/her) is the founder of The Muslim Indo-Caribbean Collective (MICC @muslimindocaribbeancollective) and The Muslim Indentureship Studies Center (MISC- @muslimindenturestudiescenter). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Policy Studies focused on the intersectional marginalization, lack of representation and Anti-Muslim Racism towards Muslim Indo-Caribbeans (and marginalization of Indo-Caribbeans) in policy (India’s Diaspora Policy and Ontario’s South Asian Heritage Act, 2001) as well as Indo-Caribbean, Indentured Diasporic, Indian and South Asia...2022-01-0840 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee06a: La Francophonie and Indenture with Karimah Rahman (part 1)In this episode with our guest Karimah Rahman, we explore the intersections of la francophonie and indenture by discussing growing up anglo and Muslim Indo-Caribbean in francophone Quebec, as well as settling in other parts of Canada.Karimah (she/her) is the founder of The Muslim Indo-Caribbean Collective (MICC @muslimindocaribbeancollective) and The Muslim Indentureship Studies Center (MISC- @muslimindenturestudiescenter). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Policy Studies focused on the intersectional marginalization, lack of representation and Anti-Muslim Racism towards Muslim Indo-Caribbeans (and marginalization of Indo-Caribbeans) in policy (India’s Diaspora Policy and Ontario’s 2001 South Asian Heritage Act...2022-01-0845 min
Post ReportsHasan Minhaj’s diasporic comedyToday on Post Reports, we talk to Hasan Minhaj about how he uses comedy to “make people’s world bigger.” Read more:Hasan Minhaj has worked as a comedian for 17 years. You might know him from “The Daily Show,” the 2017 White House correspondents’ dinner, or his Netflix show, “Patriot Act.” On today’s episode of Post Reports, producer Linah Mohammad talks to Minhaj about representation in film and television, their relationship to Islam and what it means to be a diasporic voice in the comedy world.2021-12-2924 min
Down The Research Rabbit HoleJamaica's Diasporic Real Estate Market ft. James BraunJames Braun is an economic sociologist and lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Department of Sociology. His areas of research interest include financialization, the sociology of markets and diaspora-making. You can find his publications on his academia.edu page or catch him on the Twitter handle @jbrauneconsoc.
In this episode, we discuss his PhD thesis Local Culture and the Problem of Coordination: The Case of Jamaica’s Diasporic Real Estate Market.
Catch us on the Twitter handle @DTRRHpodcast for updates.2021-12-1956 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee05b: La Francophonie and Indenture with Manuela Latchoumaya (part 2) - une expérience bilingue/a bilingual experienceIn this episode, we continue with the second part of our chat with our guest Manuela Latchoumaya and discus being Indo-Guadeloupean and living in Europe, at the heart of empire. Manuela is a PhD researcher in Sociology and Politics at the University of Manchester in the UK. In her PhD, she focuses on the emergence of South Asian identities in the French public space, looking at how French South Asians, both those with an indenture background and those whose families migrated to France through more recent waves of migration, mobilise against State racism. Her academic and personal interest...2021-12-1541 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee05a: La Francophonie and Indenture with Manuela Latchoumaya (part 1) - une expérience bilingue/a bilingual experienceIn this episode with our guest Manuela Latchoumaya, we explore the intersections of la francophonie and indenture by discussing being Indo-Guadeloupean and living in Europe, at the heart of empire. Manuela is a PhD researcher in Sociology and Politics at the University of Manchester in the UK. In her PhD, she focuses on the emergence of South Asian identities in the French public space, looking at how French South Asians, both those with an indenture background and those whose families migrated to France through more recent waves of migration, mobilise against State racism. Her academic and personal in...2021-12-1539 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee04b: La Francophonie and Indenture with Dr. Natasha Bissonauth (part 2)This episode is part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Bissonauth on being Indo-Mauritian and the intersections of indenture and la francophonie. Dr. Natasha Bissonauth joins the Visual Art and Art History department at York University (Toronto, ON). Prior to, she was Assistant Professor at the College of Wooster (OH) in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research centers on contemporary artists of color, queer and feminist art-making in particular situated in contemporary global visual cultures. With an emphasis on South Asian and South Asian transnational circuits of art, select artist interviews, exhibition reviews, and book reviews includ...2021-12-1433 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee04a: La Francophonie and Indenture with Dr. Natasha Bissonauth (part 1)In this episode with our guest Dr. Natasha Bissonauth, we discuss being of Indo-Mauritian heritage and growing up anglo in South Shore/Rive-Sud nestled in francophone Québec. Dr. Natasha Bissonauth joins the Visual Art and Art History department at York University (Toronto, ON). Prior to, she was Assistant Professor at the College of Wooster (OH) in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research centers on contemporary artists of color, queer and feminist art-making in particular situated in contemporary global visual cultures. With an emphasis on South Asian and South Asian transnational circuits of art, select artist...2021-12-1426 min
NYUAD Institute“Migrants Through Time”; An Insight Into The Female Diasporic VoiceThis talk discusses the role of place in diasporic literature and the universality of women's voices. Who can speak for whom? What role do distance and diasporic privilege play? Does nostalgia take on dangerous potential, and does it really matter if writing is about the confluence of one's imagination and memory?
Speakers
Saba Khan, Author, "Skyfall" (Bloomsbury, 2020); Instructor of Social Science, NYUAD
Sabyn Javeri, Author, "Hijabistan" (Harper Collins, 2019); Senior Lecturer of Writing, NYUAD
In conversation with
Tishani Doshi, Associate Professor of Practice, Literature and Creative Writing, NYUAD2021-12-081h 04Diasporic Children of Indenturee03b: Dancing through Diaspora with Fazle (part 2)We continue our episode with Fazle Shairmahomed @fazle_shairmahomed(he/they/she/dem) on being Hindoestaan—or Indo-Surinamese—in The Hague, The Netherlands and the meanings of dance and identity.Fazle Shairmahomed creates decolonizing rituals, performance art, and dance. Their work is rooted in ancestral work and intersectional activism. Through the urgency of community building their work creates spaces in which different communities are invited to nurture conversations around colonialism and the ways in which it has impacted our histories and the ways in which it exists today. The multi-sensorial approach in their work also challenges the ways...2021-12-0537 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee03a: Dancing through Diaspora with Fazle (part 1)In this episode with our guest Fazle Shairmahomed @fazle_shairmahomed (he/they/she/dem), a Hindoestaan—or Indo-Surinamese—modern dancer who employs various decolonial methods in her art, we discuss being Indo-Surinamese in Den Haag (The Hague), The Netherlands and the meanings of dance and identity.Fazle Shairmahomed creates decolonizing rituals, performance art, and dance. Their work is rooted in ancestral work and intersectional activism. Through the urgency of community building their work creates spaces in which different communities are invited to nurture conversations around colonialism and the ways in which it has impacted our histories and the...2021-12-0530 min
University of Illinois Press Podcast SeriesDr. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies AssociationDr. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association by Elizabeth Hess2021-11-2315 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee02b: Dancing through Diaspora with Anjuli (part 2)We continue our chat with guest Anjuli Shiwraj on being Indo-Guyanese in the Greater Toronto Area and the meanings of dance and identity.Anjuli Shiwraj is the Founder and Artistic Director of Shivanjali Arts. Being a professional Kathak dancer, visual artist, makeup artist, and costume designer, Anjuli decided to create Shivanjali Arts: an organization to promote Indian Arts and culture as well as performing arts. Anjuli hails from a very artistic and musical family. Her relatives have among them talented singers, musicians including harmonium, tabla, dholak and tassa players. She was trained by Mrs. Deviekha Chetram who also wa...2021-11-1126 minDiasporic Children of Indenturee02a: Dancing through Diaspora with Anjuli (part 1)In this episode with our guest Anjuli Shiwraj, founder and artistic director of Shivanjali Arts (@shivanjali.arts) and a skilled, classically-trained dancer, we talk about being Indo-Guyanese in the Greater Toronto Area and the meanings of dance and identity. Anjuli Shiwraj is the Founder and Artistic Director of Shivanjali Arts. Being a professional Kathak dancer, visual artist, makeup artist, and costume designer, Anjuli decided to create Shivanjali Arts: an organization to promote Indian Arts and culture as well as performing arts. Anjuli hails from a very artistic and musical family. Her relatives have among them tal...2021-11-1126 min
Khameleon ClassicsClassics in African Diasporic Writing, with Justine McConnellWole Soyinka in Nigeria, Toni Morrison in the United States, Derek Walcott in the Caribbean, and Bernardine Evaristo in the UK are just a few of the contemporary Black writers who have engaged with Graeco-Roman antiquity in their writing. In this podcast, Shivaike Shah speaks to Justine McConnell, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at King’s College London, about why ancient Greece and Rome hold such a prominent place in 20th- and 21st-century literature by African and African diaspora writers. How do we explore the classical influence on works such as Toni Morrison’s Sula and Bernadine Evaristo’s The Empero...2021-10-1131 min
Diasporic Children of Indenturee01b: (en français) l'introduction à Diasporic Children of Indenture (Enfant•e•s Diasporiques de l’Engagisme)Bienvenue à Diasporic Children of Indenture avec Alex Bacchus (iel | they/them), un podcast et site numerique qui concilie la signification de descendre de l'engagisme lorsque habiter en diaspora. En plus de donner des informations generales sur le projet, le premier épisode discute la signifcation de diaspora et l'engagisme, reconnaître l'occupation des terres autochtones tout en vivant•e en diaspora, en peux sur le « mot en C » et le besoin d'être inclusif•ve des autres diasporas. Venez écouter et découvrez ce qui vous attend dans cette série captivante en cours de production cet automne.musi...2021-09-3025 min
Diasporic Children of Indenturee01: Introduction to Diasporic Children of IndentureWelcome to Diasporic Children of Indenture with Alex Bacchus (they/them), a podcast and digital humanities site that reconciles what it means to descend from indenture while living in diaspora. In addition to giving some background on this project, this first episode discusses the meaning of diaspora and indenture, recognizing occupation of indigenous land while living in diaspora, being in solidarity with other diasporas and a little bit on the (in)famous c-word (c**lie). Come give a listen and learn more about what to expect in this exciting series being produced this fall!Podcast Music:2021-09-2824 min
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Diasporic Quartets: Identity and AestheticsKeynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, day 3, held on 16th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Chair: Dr Nina Whiteman
Speaker: Dr Des Oliver
On our final day, we begin with a keynote lecture from composer Dr Des Oliver on his ‘Diasporic Quartets’ projects.
You can learn more here https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/diversity-and-the-british-string-quartet-0#/2021-09-021h 18TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Diasporic Quartets: Identity and AestheticsKeynote lecture in the Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium, day 3, held on 16th June 2021. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Chair: Dr Nina Whiteman
Speaker: Dr Des Oliver
On our final day, we begin with a keynote lecture from composer Dr Des Oliver on his ‘Diasporic Quartets’ projects.
You can learn more here https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/diversity-and-the-british-string-quartet-0#/2021-09-021h 18
Africa World Now ProjectPt. 1: Rhodes/Fees Must Fall Movement(s) & The Role And Responsibility of Diasporic Institutions[produced and aired, 2016] We are living in a time of great challenge and opportunity. Across the African world people are challenging their historically rooted contemporary conditions. The practical work of the long tradition of African and Diasporic freedom fighters has provided the frame work for these various manifestations of Africana resistance to find a way forward---to think, reason, and see that another world is not only possible, but absolutely necessary. The current sociopolitical, economic, and cultural organization of global society is truly not sustainable. Amie Cesaire writing in 1950—in Discourse on Colonialism brings this notion to sharp clarity when he as...2021-07-2655 min
Asian Provocation30. No Country for Diasporic Men with Zehra YousofiThe thesis that started my journey into this podcast. This thesis, links on AsianProvocation.com, laid the foundations for me to start this journey and ask these questions that stirred deep within me. After half a year, I'm proud to share with you this conversation with Zehra Yousofi and her thesis, No Country for Diasporic Men.2021-06-301h 06
Two Takes and a PodThe Diasporic Nigerian w/ Mary A.🚨🎙️Today, Mary Asekome sits with us to discuss her brand “The Diasporic Nigerian” and her background as a community builder and international student advocate based in Ontario. Her love for community building led her to create The Diasporic Nigerian a hub for Nigerian Professionals in Canada, providing a sense of home and celebrating the good work they’ve accomplished. We talk about how she got started, what motivates her to do the work she does and some of the lessons and insights she’s learnt travelling around the country advocating for international students and now professionals. Mo...2021-06-211h 23
Humans 'R' Us PodcastALEXIS SILVERA - PRACTITIONER OF AFRO-DIASPORIC SHAMANISMAlexis Silvera is a traditional healer, occultist and astrologer. The belief that reconnection to one's ancestors can be a healing and revolutionary act is central to the work she does with her clients. She shares her journey of how she became a practitioner of Afro-Diasporic Shamanism and how it lead her to take up more space as a black queer woman.
Connect with Alexis
Instagram: @alexissilvera
Website: www.alexissilvera.com
Resources:
Video: Diaspora Definition...Who is the African Diaspora by Iveoma Media
The Racist...2021-06-0736 min
Bas Sou'al | afikra Community PodcastFWD: "Resistance in Representation: The Diasporic Politics of Club Deportivo Palestino" [afikra Community Presentation]In this afikra FWD, Zainah shares the book "Resistance an article by Schwabe, Siri. “Resistance in Representation: The Diasporic Politics of Club Deportivo Palestino" by Siri Schwabe to talk about Palestino.” The article explores the Club Deportivo Palestino is a national, professional football (soccer) team in Chile. Note: The presenter is not an expert on this subject but is sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in the subject.Hosted by: Feras Al-Saab, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by The Brooklyn Nomads https://www.instagram.com/thebrooklynnomads/About the af...2021-06-0409 min
Theory of MusicInternational Contemporary Ensemble and Dr. Naomi André Host Afro-Diasporic Opera Forum, Online May 26–28, 2021This episode is also available as a blog post: https://theoryofmusic.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/international-contemporary-ensemble-and-dr-naomi-andre-host-afro-diasporic-opera-forum-online-may-26-28-2021/2021-05-1406 min
C4eRadio: Sounds of EthicsGayathri Naganathan, Shadeism, Sexual Health, and Diasporic Women's ExperiencesGayathri Naganathan, Shadeism, Sexual Health, and Diasporic Women's Experiences by Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto2021-03-0223 min
C4eRadio: Sounds of EthicsBianca Beauchemin, Re - Imagining Diasporic Black Radical InsurgencyBianca Beauchemin, Re - Imagining Diasporic Black Radical Insurgency by Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto2020-11-0220 min
MSU Press PodcastAfrican Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of ReconstructionThe African diasporic condition in the Western world is characterized by the intersection of various factors. As a result, quests for the self and self-reconstruction are frequent themes in the films of the African diaspora, and yet the filmmakers refuse to remain trapped in the confines of an assigned, rigid identity. Translated from the French by Melissa Thackway, Daniela Ricci’s African Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction analyzes the aesthetic strategies adopted by contemporary African diasporic filmmakers to express the reconstruction of identity. The book analyzes the contemporary diaspora through the prism of cultural hybridization and the pr...2020-11-0238 min
Below the RadarQueering Diasporic Narratives — with Jen SungshineWorking at the intersection of race, class, gender, sexuality, Jen Sungshine collaborates with fellow Love Intersections artists to celebrate diasporic narratives of queer identities. Jen joins host Am Johal to discuss art making and storytelling as a tool to address systemic racism and build understanding in conversations about gender and sexuality. She shares some recent Love Intersections projects, including Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny, a short documentary following Vancouver drag artist Maiden China and a subsequent visual art installation — both inspired by the Chinese five elements as a framework to explore the artists’ experiences of Chineseness and queerness.
Full episode details: http...2020-10-2721 min
WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesCommon Ground Radio 10/8/20: Farming While Black: African Diasporic Wisdom for Farming and Food JusticeProducer/Host: C.J. Walke, MOFGA
Keynote Address – Common Ground Country Fair – 2020 given on September 25, 2020
Farming While Black: African Diasporic Wisdom for Farming and Food Justice
Uprooting racism and ceding sovereignty in the food system
Speaker: Leah Penniman, Soulfire Farm, Grafton, NY
About the host:
C.J. Walke, host of Common Ground Radio, has been involved in Maine agriculture for over 20 years and has worked in numerous capacities for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) starting in 2006. Since 2012, C.J. has worked as farm manager for College of the Atlantic’s Peggy Rockefeller Farms in Bar Harbor, Maine, where...2020-10-0856 min
Common Ground RadioCommon Ground Radio 10/8/20: Farming While Black: African Diasporic Wisdom for Farming and Food JusticeProducer/Host: C.J. Walke, MOFGA Keynote Address – Common Ground Country Fair – 2020 given on September 25, 2020 Farming While Black: African Diasporic Wisdom for Farming and Food Justice Uprooting racism and ceding sovereignty in the food system Speaker: Leah Penniman, Soulfire Farm, Grafton, NY About the host: C.J. Walke, host of Common Ground Radio, has been involved in Maine agriculture for over 20 years and has worked in numerous capacities for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) starting in 2006. Since 2012, C.J. has worked as farm manager for College of the Atlantic’s Peggy Rockefeller Farms in Bar Harbor, Maine...2020-10-0800 min
The Lunar PodcastWomen in leadership: Diasporic DiscussionsJoin us for an exclusive discussion inspired by women in leadership positions who hail from diasporic states; whether first generation Canadian or long-standing Immigrants. These women collectively, although in different fields, have occupied spaces which have traditionally been occupied by men. What are their stories? This is an intergenerational conversation that explores issues that racialized women experience, how their diaspora has influenced their leadership style, and how they have been able to cope with these paradigms. These women have forged incredible paths for themselves; we talk about the tools they’ve equipped themselves with to navigate and be successful wi...2020-09-2100 min
Paper TrailsDiasporic Dynasty: BIPOC Burlesque CollectiveDo you love Burlesque? Have you noticed a lack of BIPOC representations at shows, within the local Vancouver Burlesque scene? On today's episode, Lindsay Braymen also known as stage name, Androsia Wilde shares valuable insight into her experience and the inner workings of the local Vancouver Burlesque scene. Lindsay is one of the founders of an emerging collective named " Diasporic Dynasty" a newly-established Black, Indigenous and Persons of Color (#BIPOC) collective, aiming to champion and uplift the stories of BIPOC within Vancouver Performing Arts communities.
Their group comprises of Burlesque and Drag performers who have performed around...2020-08-2730 min
New Books in Asian American StudiesCrystal Mun-hye Baik, "Reencounters: On the Korean War and Diasporic Memory Critique" (Temple UP, 2020)This interview coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, a war that, as Baik reminds us, has not officially ended.How are the particularities of the Korean War, as an unended war, expressed in the lives of survivors and their descendants? This work explores how violence is narrated and framed in the lives and works of diasporic subjects, utilizing the concept of durational memory to attend to how the past prevails in the present.Reencounters: On the Korean War and Diasporic Memory Critique (Temple University Press, 2020) joins a growing list of Asian American...2020-07-101h 19
Reynolds HotBoxEzequiel Korin, Exploring Technological Communications amid the Diasporic ExperienceAssistant Professor of Spanish Language Media Dr. Ezequiel Korin discusses his recent paper, Technological Bridging: Exploring the Use of Communications Technologies Amid the Diasporic Experience.
The paper published this year in the Qualitative Inquiry journal is an auto-ethnographical research paper which posits that the shift to digital communication technology is making interactions between people in the diaspora and their families back home more transient; leading to a certain loss of identity that was present when communication involved material items.
Korin grew up in Venezuela, after leaving Argentina at the age of one. He started out in engineering but soon became...2019-12-1929 min
The Funambulist PodcastJACQUELINE HOÀNG NGUYỄN /// Diasporic Archives vs. Colonial ArchivesConversation recorded in Paris with Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn on November 21, 2019.
https://thefunambulist.net/podcast/jacqueline-hoang-nguyen-diasporic-archives-vs-colonial-archives2019-11-2142 min
Dance Behind the ScreenEpisode 17 | Black and African Diasporic Performance w/ Lela Aisha JonesOn this episode your co-host Azaria interview Dr. Lela Aisha Jones. Lela Aisha Jones is a movement performance artist and an interdisciplinary collaborator. Her work intimately intertwines personal and collective lived experiences of diasporic blackness as archived in and excavated from the body through dance. She is a proud native of Tallahassee, FL and feels quite fortunate to live and create in Philadelphia, PA. Lela is a 2015 Leeway Foundation Transformation Awardee, a 2016 Pew Fellow in the Arts, and a 2017 New York Dance and Performance Award | Bessie Nominee. As an organizer, Lela is invested in cultivating a society with more nu...2019-10-1638 minDance Behind the ScreenEpisode 17 | Black and African Diasporic Performance w/ Lela Aisha JonesOn this episode your co-host Azaria interview Dr. Lela Aisha Jones. Lela Aisha Jones is a movement performance artist and an interdisciplinary collaborator. Her work intimately intertwines personal and collective lived experiences of diasporic blackness as archived in and excavated from the body through dance. She is a proud native of Tallahassee, FL and feels quite fortunate to live and create in Philadelphia, PA. Lela is a 2015 Leeway Foundation Transformation Awardee, a 2016 Pew Fellow in the Arts, and a 2017 New York Dance and Performance Award | Bessie Nominee. As an organizer, Lela is invested in cultivating a society with more nu...2019-10-1638 min
Discovery & InspirationMeta DuEwa Jones, “Mapping Black Diasporic Memory: The Alchemy of Ekphrasis”Poets have long used ekphrasis—the vivid description of a piece of visual art—as a way of exploring the deep complexity of representation, the relationship between the artist and her art, and to make legible things which may otherwise seem inexpressible. NHC Fellow Meta DuEwa Jones is herself a poet and a scholar of poetry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is an associate professor of English. She is currently working on a new project exploring the relationship between African American poets and visual artists and the ways that their works speak to one anot...2019-08-2600 min
Meant To Be EatenSarita See on the lasting effects of colonialism, and how to critique diasporic artSarita See is author of The Decolonized Eye and The Filipino Primitive, Media and Cultural Studies professor at UC Riverside, and founder of the online exhibition space, Center for Art and Thought. We discuss the complicated history of colonization in the Phillipines (and lasting effects on the diaspora), Edward Said's orientalism, Karl Marx's primitive accumulation, the importance of curation in a digital (trash) age, and how to criticize Asian diasporic art as a member of the Asian diaspora.And yes - this all ties back to food.Meant To Be Eaten is powered by Simplecast.2019-04-1449 min
Balkan BredThe BiH Diasporic Conference | Part Two: Creating Opportunities For The DiasporaIn the second part of our BiH Diasporic Conference series, we chat with Tea, Amra, and Jusuf about their experiences with the annual BiH Diasporic Conference. Originally from Bosanski Novi, Tea Sefer and Amra Ikic are both organizers of the annual conference. Based in Chicago, Jusuf Sarancic is involved with the Mostar Summer Youth Programme (MSYP) and Bosnian-American Professionals Association (BAPA).
BiHDC will be in Atlanta this year from April 5-7th, tickets can be purchased HERE.
To get updates about the conference, text BIHDIASPORA to 797979.
More information on...2019-02-2045 minNew Books in Caribbean StudiesBianca Williams, “The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism" (Duke UP, 2018)Analyses of the lives of black women in the United States often focus on narratives of struggle and sorrow, as black women must contend daily with the intersecting oppressions of sexism and racism. However, in her new book The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism (Duke University Press, 2018), Bianca Williams offers her readers a different starting point by asking: What about Black women’s experiences of happiness, pleasure, leisure, desire, travel? This book follows the journeys of middle-aged Black women who travel from the US to Jamaica, often many times over, on tr...2019-02-1543 minBalkan BredThe BiH Diasporic Conference | Part One: Why We Think You Should GoOn this week’s episode, we chat with Ivona, Julija, and Nerina about their experiences with the annual BiH Diasporic Conference. Originally from Mostar, Julija Zubac is a social justice educator who led a restorative justice circle at BiHDC last year in Seattle. Nerina Sivonjic presented at BiHDC in 2017 about the importance of preserving the Bosnian language among the diaspora. Ivona Boroje has attended BiHDC every single year since 2015 and volunteers with the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in New York City.
BiHDC will be in Atlanta this year from April 5-7th, tickets can be purchased HE...2019-02-1343 min
Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on FireGayatri Gopinath on Queer Diasporic AestheticsHow might a queer lens unearth different conceptions of space and place? How do queer diasporic artists use aesthetics to forge transnational connections? How might radical relationality provide a model for queer ethics and politics? In episode 69 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach talks with queer diaspora studies scholar Gayatri Gopinath about how visual culture allows us to draw alternative cartographies and see things queerly, how diasporic communities are using art to challenge national governments and transnational capitalism, the radical possibilities of region-to-region connections across the Global South, and why mentoring queer scholars of color...2018-08-1515 minNew Books in Caribbean StudiesVanessa Valdés, “Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg” (SUNY Press, 2018)As every scholar of African Americans knows, Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is an essential resource for black history. But who was Schomburg? In Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (SUNY Press, 2018), Vanessa Valdés recovers the important legacy of the man whose name, collection, and... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies2018-08-031h 07
drinkingwithblerds – Drinking With BlerdsEp 04: Diasporic TensionsThis week we have our friend Havanna Fisher in the studio to help us unpack the decades old tensions between the African American community and black immigrant community. We discuss things such as the false notion of America as the “Land of Opportunity” for immigrants while being a place of oppression for African Americans, representations of blackness on screen, and how blackness is defined in each community. We realize this conversation centers the Afro-Caribbean immigrant experience and would be open to continuing this conversation in a later episode incorporating the perspectives of individuals from the African continent send us your...2017-09-2500 min
Cosmopolis and Beyond: Literary Cosmopolitanism after the Republic of LettersLe Haiasdan, Arménie, Armenia: Language Choice and the Construction of an Armenian Diasporic Identity (1888-1905)Stéphanie Prévost discusses what publishing an Armenian periodical in Paris & London, in another language than Armenian meant for the construction of an Armenian identity at the time of the national awakening (Zartonk). Paris & London have often been regarded as cosmopolitan cities, especially at the turn of the 20th century. This paper reflects on the decision of the Armenian Patriotic Committee and of Minas Tchéraz, a member of the Armenian delegation to the 1878 Congress of Berlin, to launch Armenian periodicals in those two cities, in languages other than Armenian. Respecticely, 'The Haïasdan' (1888-1892) was bilingual, Engl...2016-04-0622 minNew Books in Caribbean StudiesKrista A. Thompson, “Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice” (Duke UP, 2015)Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice (Duke University Press, 2015) is a gorgeous book. It’s about light and the practices of self representation in diasporic and Caribbean communities. Krista A. Thompson looks carefully and sees in the glittery surfaces of contemporary art, photographic and video... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies2016-03-0444 min
New Books in African StudiesKrista A. Thompson, “Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice” (Duke UP, 2015)Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice (Duke University Press, 2015) is a gorgeous book. It’s about light and the practices of self representation in diasporic and Caribbean communities. Krista A. Thompson looks carefully and sees in the glittery surfaces of contemporary art, photographic and video practices in proms and dancehalls, and the visual culture of hip-hop the generative power of alternative modalities of being. Taking us to New Orleans, Jamaica, the Bahamas and on the global hip-hop circuit, this book engages with the discourses of art history and dissolves its Eurocentric bearings.
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