S E1325: In Class with Carr, Ep. 324: Black Space / Black Place / Black Pace

About this episode

The episode explores the significance of remembering Black spaces during a time of social transition and the intersection of cultural memory and governance.

The U.S. Memorial Day weekend is often described as the unofficial beginning of summer. Amid mounting regional and global challenges to U.S. power, intensifying US white nationalist politics, and the approach of federal Semiquincentennial celebrations, questions of memory, governance and collective identity take on renewed urgency. This week’s In Class With Carr continues our long-term project of thinking about ourselves and the world through an Africana Studies lens by asking what it means to remember Black spaces in a moment of watershed social transition. From HBCUs seeking position in intensifying data center interventions to the continuing meaning and relevance of Black towns, Black self-determination, Black political organizing and the politics of commemoration, we consider how cultural memory, movement work, and Governance intersect. How do we protect and extend Black spaces? What stories connect us across time and place? How might deepening cultural memory, collective Ways of Knowing, and organized action help create social arrangements capable of serving the needs of all? Are you a member of Knarrative? If not, we invite you to join our community today by signing up at…

People in this episode

Host: Carr

Topics covered

• Black spaces
• cultural memory
• social transition
• Black self-determination
• politics of commemoration
• Africana Studies

Keywords

• Black spaces
• cultural memory
• HBCUs
• self-determination
• political organizing
• commemoration
• social arrangements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knarrative, HBCUs

Places: U.S., Black towns, Knubia

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