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Curated Group: Global Blackness
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This curated set of think pieces features six reflections on global blackness.
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Thinking "Global Blackness" Through the Frame of Angelus Novus: An Exploration of Racial Aporias and the Politics of Modern Power, Sovereignty, and Temporality
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In this exploratory essay, I would like to offer a way of thinking about the generative processes inherent in the formation of modern power that bring about and sustain a globalizing "blackness."
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The Black Outdoors: Humanities Futures After Property and Possession
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Carter and Cervenak recap the multiple meditations (including providing summaries of talks of invited speakers for the series) carried out throughout the year on what "the black outdoors" means for social thought, even as they also theorize and question that very concept.
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Almost Citizens: Racial Translations, National Belonging, and the Global "Immigration Crisis"
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The article examines some of the ways in which racialized immigrants and their descendants translate hegemonic ethnoracial terms to assert belonging and citizenship in the nation.
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Afro-Pessimism and the End of Redemption
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This essay addresses the tenets of Afro-Pessimism in relation to the condition of slavery, Blackness, and Black nonexistence.
Keyword: blackness
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