Decolonizing Humanities Project
@DHPatWM
The Project aims to explore the ways in which we as a William & Mary community can integrate alternative modes of knowledge production, art, culture, etc.
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As interim faculty directors of the project, we’d like to thank everyone who has supported, contributed to, and participated in our programming this year. We look forward to welcoming back faculty director Professor Stephen Sheehi in the fall. We wish everyone a restful summer!
But wait! There’s more… don’t forget to come this Thursday to yet another discussion with the incredible Eduardo Lalo!
Join us at @williamandmary for this incredible discussion featuring Eduardo Lalo and our every own Carlos Rivera Santana!
Join us on April 11 at 5pm for Professor Pricilla Layne’s discussion!
Please Join DHP on April 5th over Zoom! The lovely professor Fatima El-Tayeb will be leading our discussion!
If you can attend, this Wednesday March 23 there is a viewing of the short film/dance performance/video art piece entitled "Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall not be Moved" at The University of Richmond. This will be followed by a facilitated conversation.
On March 9th, DHP hosted a viewing of Obscuro Barroco. This film is a docufiction that explores gender and LGBTQIA+ identities in Brazil. The film is narrated by Luana Muniz, a transgender woman who was an iconic figure within Rio de Janeiro's nightlife.
Big News! Our recent workshop on March 4th was immensely successful. Led by Professor Ellis and Professor Rivera, this workshop focused on Decolonizing Research. The workshop featured 15 participants, 5 of whom are graduate students at William and Mary.
On March 23, DHP will host a Zoom discussion on the film Mili's Awakening (2018). The film highlights 8 Black women and speaks on their diverse experiences as artists in Germany.
Starting at 6 pm ET: Join us for Black History: Local, Living, and Imaginative – Descendant Stories Porch Talk events.wm.edu/event/view/lem… #thelemonproject
Check out the @WM_LemonProject 's new blog! The Lemon Project: A Journey is Reconciliation is a great resource that analyzes the relationship between African Americans and William and Mary's history with racism, slavery, and Jim Crow. lemonproject.pages.wm.edu/2022/02/17/wel…
We're excited to share the Lemon Project blog; it's a behind-the-scenes look at how we build bridges, how & what we learn from our communities & archives, & why all of this matters so much. lemonproject.pages.wm.edu #thelemonproject #blogging #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMatters
Franz Fanon was a prominent sociologists that analyzed the effects of colonialism. Growing up in Martinique in the early twentieth century, Franz conceptualized the power dynamics within colonialism.
Big news! DHP finally has a newsletter! We are so thankful to have yet another way to engage William and Mary faculty with Decolonization in Higher Education. We are excited to host our first workshop of the semester on March 4th!
Members of the Black Power Movement in 1973. The Black Power Movement drew attention towards institutional and social inequalities that influenced the African American community. This empowering movement inspired other marginalized communities to engage in social activism.
African Liberation Day, June 4th-June 5th, 1977. Curated by the African-Caribbean Self-Help Organisation, this event demonstrated Black unity and perseverance in Birmingham. On May 25, this event is still celebrated in Africa and several other places around the world.
I’m helping to coordinate a workshop on Decolonizing Research for colleagues and grad students across a range of disciplines at my institution. We’ll read Linda Tuhiwai Smith Decolonizing Methodologies and are thinking about one or two more. Suggestions?
Edward Said highlighted the falsities in current paradigms of thought, education, politics etc. Said was a prominent postcolonial scholar who criticized notions fabricated by Western nations.
A screen capture from the film “The Battle of Algiers” (1966). This film was based off of Saadi Yacef’s memoire. Yacef was a leader of the National Liberation Front (FLN) and drew attention towards the anti-colonial efforts in French Algeria.
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