scholarly journals Baldwin’s Transatlantic Reverberations

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-198
Author(s):  
Jovita dos Santos Pinto ◽  
Noémi Michel ◽  
Patricia Purtschert ◽  
Paola Bacchetta ◽  
Vanessa Naef
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Studies ◽  
Situated Knowledge ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Sexual Racism ◽  
Queer Of Color ◽  
Controlling Images ◽  
Raoul Peck ◽  
The Village ◽  
The U.S

James Baldwin’s writing, his persona, as well as his public speeches, interviews, and discussions are undergoing a renewed reception in the arts, in queer and critical race studies, and in queer of color movements. Directed by Raoul Peck, the film I Am Not Your Negro decisively contributed to the rekindled circulation of Baldwin across the Atlantic. Since 2017, screenings and commentaries on the highly acclaimed film have prompted discussions about the persistent yet variously racialized temporospatial formations of Europe and the U.S. Stemming from a roundtable that followed a screening in Zurich in February 2018, this collective essay wanders between the audio-visual and textual matter of the film and Baldwin’s essay “Stranger in the Village,” which was also adapted into a film-essay directed by Pierre Koralnik, staging Baldwin in the Swiss village of Leukerbad. Privileging Black feminist, postcolonial, and queer of color perspectives, we identify three sites of Baldwin’s transatlantic reverberations: situated knowledge, controlling images, and everyday sexual racism. In conclusion, we reflect on the implications of racialized, sexualized politics for today’s Black feminist, queer, and trans of color movements located in continental Europe—especially in Switzerland and France.

scholarly journals The U.S. Role and Policy in Central Asia: Energy and Beyond

2012 ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
AKM Iftekharul Islam
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The U.S

A significant geopolitical consequence of the demise of the Soviet Union1 in the international arena is the rise of intense political and commercial competition for control of the vast energy resources of the newly independent and vulnerable states of the Caucasus and Central Asia. These energy resources and, in particular, the oil and natural gas deposits have now become the apple of discord in Central Asia introducing a new chapter in the Great Game of control over Eurasia (Hill 1997: 200). The region has great energy potential and is strategically important. The United States has varied and at times competing interests in Central Asia. In the past few years, real and present dangers to the U.S. national security especially Islamist terrorism and threats to the energy supply, have affected the U.S. policy in Central Asia. The region, which includes the five post-Soviet states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and the Caspian basin, plays an important part in the U.S. global strategy in view of its proximity to Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, and other key regional actors. No less important are its ethno-religious composition and vast deposits of oil, gas, coal, and uranium. Literally, the U.S. interests in Central Asia can be summarized in three simple words: security, energy, and democracy. Moreover, a key U.S. national security concern is the diversification of energy sources and the Caspian region is a significant alternative source of fossil fuels. In this article a critical analysis will be attempted on the U.S. policy and role in central Asia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/afj.v4i0.12931 The Arts Faculty Journal Vol.4 July 2010-June 2011 pp.33-51

Trans-Religious Dancing Dialogues: Michel Henry on Dionysus and the Crucified

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-264
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Transcendental Subjectivity ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
Michel Henry ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Perhaps owing to frictions between his Christological worldview and the dominant secularism of contemporary French thought as taken up in the U.S., and persistent worries about a seeming solipsism in his phenomenology, Michel Henry’s innovative contributions to aesthetics have received unfortunately little attention in English. The present investigation addresses both issues simultaneously with a new interpretation of his recently-translated 1996 interview, “Art and Phenomenology.” Inspired by this special issue’s theme, “French Thought in Dialogue,” it emphasizes four levels of dialogue in the interview, as follows: (1) the interview as such, with Jean-Marie Brohm; (2) its titular dialogue between art and phenomenology; (3) what I term a “trans-religious” dialogue between Christianity’s Jesus and Friedrich Nietzsche’s Dionysus; and (4) a related dialogue between painting (Henry’s favored genre) and dance that is “Dionysian” (in Nietzsche’s sense). It concludes with new phenomenological accounts of a literal and a figurative dance, namely the social Latin dance called bachata, and an improvised musical dialogue with the mockingbirds of my hometown. In sum, thanks to Henry’s engagement with various forms of dialogue, including with Brohm, the arts, paganism, and dance, one can find room in his transcendental subjectivity of Life for others, dancingly transcending even humanity.

Teaching to Digress

2015 ◽  
pp. 120-145
Author(s):  
Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis ◽  
Roselyn K. Banda ◽  
Sarah A. Kinley
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Black Feminist Theory ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
College Curriculum ◽  
Traditional Course ◽  
Collective Inquiry ◽  
Oppositional Discourse ◽  
The U.S

This chapter explores the challenge of creating a “liberated” classroom, one that digresses from the norm in both content and structure according to feminist principles. This teaching project was designed to create a unique learning environment through the use of black feminist pedagogy. Charged with teaching a cross-listed course (Women's Studies, Black Studies) entitled “Black Feminist Theory,” the teaching team consisted of a professor, a graduate student, and an undergraduate student. The team came together from a diversity of educational experiences in the U.S. and Africa. This chapter is a reflection of the team's experiences co-teaching a “non-traditional” course as well as a collective inquiry about the strategic importance of incorporating oppositional discourse into the college curriculum.

Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-162
Author(s):  
J. Lorenzo Perillo
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Cultural Politics ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Imaging Technique ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Black Feminist Theory ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
The U.S

The conclusion reflect on the meaning of Hip-Hop dance as witnessed in the U.S. embassy’s diplomatic convention “America in 3D: Diplomacy, Development, and Defense” (2011) in the Philippines. It argues for more engagement between Black feminist theory and Filipina performances, like “Pinays Rise,” a dance within the convention that challenged gender and class stereotypes of Filipinas as caregivers. The conclusion first analyzes “Pinays Rise,” and then connects the convention’s theme to the historical significance of stereoscopy, or the depth-enhancing imaging technique. The conclusion reviews the book’s main arguments and addresses the potential uses for performative euphemism in academic studies of culture and race. Finally, it calls for a holistic approach to Hip-Hop that reckons with discourses of Filipino cultural politics and dance.

scholarly journals Theorizing Conscious Black Asexuality through Claire Kann’s Let’s Talk about Love

Humanities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Brittney Miles
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Sexual Politics ◽  
Black History ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Black Diaspora ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
Black Sexuality ◽  
Controlling Images ◽  
Romance Novel

Asexuality is often defined as some degree of being void of sexual attraction, interest, or desire. Black asexual people have been made invisible, silent, or pathologized in most fiction, scholarly literature, and mainstream LGBTQ movements. Claire Kann’s 2018 young adult romance novel, Let’s Talk About Love, explores Black asexuality at the intersection of race and (a)sexuality. Through the story of the Black, bi-romantic, asexual, 19 year-old college student Alice Johnston, this text illuminates the diversity of Black sexuality in the Black Diaspora. Using a Black feminist sociological literary analysis to complete a close reading of the novel, I interrogate what Let’s Talk about Love offers for defining a Black asexual politic. To consider Black asexual politics beyond the controlling images of the asexual Mammy figure, and not merely in juxtaposition to the hypersexual Jezebel, calls us to instead center agency and self-definition. This project seeks to answer what Conscious Black Asexuality is, why it is a necessary concept for asexuality studies and the Diaspora, where we locate Black asexuality in Black history, and how Let’s Talk about Love by Claire Kann presents a depiction of Black agentic queerness that reclaims agency and intimacy within one’s sexual politics.

scholarly journals Archeological Survey of a Portion of Old Velasco (41B0125) for the Village of Surfside Beach Proposed Boat Ramp Facility, Brazoria County, Texas

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Thick Layer ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Port City ◽  
Brazos River ◽  
City Hall ◽  
Parking Lot ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Village ◽  
The U.S

In February 2006 Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted an archeological survey of a 5.5-acre property slated for development as a boat ramp and parking lot by the Village of Surfside Beach in Brazoria County, Texas. The property is at the southern end of the Village of Surfside Beach, between City Hall and the U.S. Coast Guard station. The tract overlaps with the western edge of the townsite of Old Velasco (41BO125), which was a prominent port city at the mouth of the Brazos River from the 1820s through 1875. Excavation of 25 trenches revealed historic artifacts associated with Old Velasco in the southern portion of the project area, but no remains were found over the northern three-quarters of the property. Most of the culture-bearing deposits were extensively disturbed and covered with a thick layer of artificial fill. Three bone clusters found in one trench probably represent intact dump features from late-nineteenth-century Velasco. Due to the disturbed nature of the deposits, no further archeological work is recommended.

The Benefits and Limitations of a Short-Term Study Abroad Program to Prepare Teachers in a Multicultural Society

2017 ◽  
pp. 361-382
Author(s):  
Heejung An ◽  
Carrie E. Hong ◽  
David Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Korean History ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Short Term Study ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teacher Workforce ◽  
Study Abroad Program ◽  
The U.S

This chapter describes a group study abroad program in which 12 U.S. participants (6 pre-service and 6 in-service teachers) traveled to South Korea to enhance their cultural awareness of Korea and to then develop curricula pertaining to Korean history, the arts, area studies, and literature. The authors describe what the program focused on and how the curriculum activities were designed and implemented. Further, an overall theoretical framework for the project and a summary of research findings is presented. Overall, findings note that the participants' level of perceived cultural awareness was not significantly altered through participation in the program. Additionally, this chapter reports whether and how participants' future perceived pedagogical practices were changed as a result of participating in this program. Suggestions for how to diversify the U.S. teacher workforce are also discussed.

A New Orthodoxy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilian Calles Barger
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
North American ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
Theological Discourse ◽  
American Black ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S

This chapter turns to the critical 1975 Detroit Theology in the Americas conference, where liberationists encountered difficulties in establishing a coalition across race, class, and sex, and between North American black, feminist, and Latin American theologians. The relationship with the U.S. empire showed itself to be a critical point of difference. Nevertheless, reverberation from the conference changed the theological discourse, producing liberal resistance and marshaling conservatives against liberation theology.

Art Capital to Support the Establishment of Tourism Village of Tri Eka Buana Village in Sidemen, Karangasem

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
I Gde Agus Jaya Sadguna ◽  
I Gusti Agung Mas Krisna Komala Sari ◽  
I G.P. Fajar Pranadi Sudhana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Arts And Culture ◽  
Green Tourism ◽  
Main Magnet ◽  
The Village

The various potentials of each village or area in Bali has made it an island of prosperous wonders for tourism. Tri Eka Buana Village currently is in the process of becoming a tourism village, where Arak, a local liquor, is the main magnet. The aim of this research is 1) identify other aspects that support the development for the tourism village; 2) to identify the arts and cultures to be a capital that can support the development of the tourism village; 3) the attitude of the artists in the village towards the development of the tourism village. This research is a qualitative research, using purposive sampling to retrieve qualitative data from five determined interviewees, and uses the concept of tourism village and green tourism as the applicative theory. The result shows that, 1). although Tri Eka Buana Village’s main magnet is arak, arts and culture reside together in the village as an important aspect for the establishment of the tourism village; 2). this village has several forms of arts and culture such as Utamaning Malini Dance, Jaga-jaga Dance, pesantian, drama gong (theater), and traditional dances that are commonly used as entertainment; and 3).the artists in this village is willing to support the establishment of the tourism village by creating new dances and performances that are more suitable to showcase to future tourists.

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