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Curated Group: Global Blackness

Global blackness has been the subject of a number of the “think pieces” that we have published on the Humanities Futures website. The think pieces in this set represent a wide array of topics, from African writers to Latinidad in Italy; they also share with the reader a fascinating variety of theories and approaches, from Afro-Pessimism, which finds intellectual freedom in escaping a tired redemption narrative, to the exploratory, cooperative form of study practiced by the Black Outdoors working group as they seek a new way of being in and with the earth. Together these essays argue powerfully for changes to the humanities canon and the way that the humanities are taught and studied. Videos from events on the Black Outdoors, rethinking slavery, and race and transgender studies enrich the conversation with presentations from multiple speakers.

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  • African Intellectuals in the Face of the Phenomenon of Dictatorship

    — Donato Ndongo Bidyogo-Makina, translated by Anna Tybinko —

  • Afro-Pessimism and the End of Redemption

    — Frank B. Wilderson III —

  • Almost Citizens: Racial Translations, National Belonging, and the Global "Immigration Crisis"

    — Lorgia García Peña —

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    Black History, Islam, and the Future of the Humanities Beyond White Supremacy

    — Edward E. Curtis IV —

  • The Black Outdoors: Humanities Futures After Property and Possession

    — C2: J. Kameron Carter and Sarah Jane Cervenak —

  • Thinking "Global Blackness" Through the Frame of Angelus Novus: An Exploration of Racial Aporias and the Politics of Modern Power, Sovereignty, and Temporality

    — Patricia Northover —

  • Los intelectuales africanos ante el fenómeno de las dictaduras

    — Donato Ndongo Bidyogo-Makina —

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    Rethinking Slavery in the 21st Century: Representing Slavery

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    Rethinking Slavery: 21st Century Research of Slavery, Sex & Gender

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    Symposium on Race & Transgender Studies

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    The Black Outdoors: Fred Moten & Saidiya Hartman at Duke University

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    Global Blackness: A Multidisciplinary Exploration | Keynote by Patricia Northover

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    Global Blackness: A Multidisciplinary Exploration | Duke Faculty Panel with Lentz-Smith, Chapman, Piot, French

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    Global Blackness: A Multidisciplinary Exploration | Duke Faculty Panel with Jaji, Smith, Shapiro, Royal

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    Global Blackness: A Multidisciplinary Exploration | Duke Faculty Panel with Makhulu, Winters, Glymph, DeFrantz

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    Global Blackness: A Multidisciplinary Exploration | Keynote by Uri McMillan

  • Donato Ndongo Bidyogo-Makina, translated by Anna Tybinko

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  • Edward E. Curtis IV

    — Indiana University —

  • Frank B. Wilderson III

    — University of California, Irvine —

  • J. Kameron Carter

    — Duke University —

  • Lorgia García Peña

    — Harvard University —

  • Patricia Northover

    — University of the West Indies, Jamaica —

  • Sarah Jane Cervenak

    — University of North Carolina, Greensboro —

  • Donato Ndongo Bidyogo-Makina

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