Diasporic Citizenship in Dance - bmc.ARTD.B270.001.F20
Section outline
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This course is taught by Dr. Lela Aisha Jones.
https://www.flygroundera.com
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LINK: https://brynmawr-edu.zoom.us/j/94026433110?pwd=YVVzMHFCTE9oOVBObXljU25MMlh5Zz09
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
1:10-1:30PM
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ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2020.LINK:
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Days and Times: Thursdays 1:10-4:00pm
Locations: Goodhart Music Room or Goodhart Rear
(Please note that it is possible this course will go remote when it is necessary to ensure the health and safety of each course community member.)
Take a journey through citizenship, belonging, and revolutions for wildness and fugitivity guided by the lived experiences of prominent practicing teachers, choreographers, and performers of traditional and contemporary dances of Black and African descent. The overarching questions we will traverse are: What are philosophies and practices of integrity while traversing diasporic translineages and nomadism through dance? How do dancing diasporic beings/bodies push the boundaries of nationhood and citizenship? Grounded in diasporic Blackness, notions of diasporic citizenship, and Black radical traditions, this course will bring theory and dance/movement practice together through lecture, seminar, dialogue, guest artist/residencies with NYC artist NIA LOVE https://www.nia-love.com, workshops, and various engagements with our esteemed 2020 Flexner Lecturer Fred Moten. Dance/movement experience or background is not a prerequisite, although this course is a dance/movement and writing attentive course.
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Edits may occur in the beginning weeks. Review and bring or send questions.
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Due to potential rainy weather and Covid-19 guidelines we will meet on zoom for our first class. Please use the recurring zoom link above to log in.
Please be prepared to move. Find an accommodating space and dress in comfortable clothing for dance.
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Journals are due each week on Fridays. The first journal is due 9/17.
Readings listed under each date are due that day. Students should be prepared for a discussion on this date of readings during each class period.
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- Ayi Kwei Armah - 2 Thousand Seasons
- M. Jaqui Alexander - Pedagogies of Crossing: Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, Memory, and the Sacred - pgs. 287-300
- Patrick Manning - The African Diaspora: A History Through Culture - pgs. preface-11
- Brenda Dixon Gottschild - Digging the Africanist Presence in African American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts - Aesthetics - full article
- Lela Aisha Jones - Diasporic Movement Practices: African/Afro/Black Embodied Translineages and Contemporary Migrations in Dance - pgs. 69-103
OPTIONAL:
- LUANA - What Makes That Black?: The African American Aesthetic in American Expressive Culture - pgs. 1-25 (Coming Soon)
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Students mustMark as done10 journals total are due over the semester. Only submit 1 journal. We do not require a journal for each course.
5 journals can be alternative.- ie: audio/video/visual art/movement
- accompanied by descriptions verbally or written
Be sure to balance your reflection with each course in your journals over the semester.
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LOCATION: (Dress for the weather. Bring a few clothing layers and come dressed to move always.)
In Person - Goodhart Green Rear
Remote - https://brynmawr-edu.zoom.us/j/99407815988?pwd=WWlyUHRjV09xb3Z5NWNObmhiemJRUT09-
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In terms of how to approach readings, have an overview sense of all readings. 80% of the readings should be known well and in depth. Come to class prepared to discuss elements of readings. We will very likely discuss every reading.
- Lela Aisha J - Diasporic Movement Practices - pgs. 21-27
- Brenda DG - Digging the Africanist Presence - Balancine - full chapter - images from this article will be covered in class or uploaded
- Melissa BB - Black Performance Theory - Hip Work: Undoing the Tragic Mulatto - full article
- Patrick M - The African Diaspora - pgs. 11-30
- Viet TN - Asian Americans are Still Caught in the Trap of the Model Minority - full article - https://time.com/5859206/anti-asian-racism-america/ (link is here - pdf has some missing elements) - also included the images missing from the article in the readings/resources folder
- Robin D - White Fragility - full article
- Zadie S - Changing my Mind: Occasional Essays - Chapter 1 Their Eyes Were Watching God and Chapter 9 Speaking in Tongues
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Students mustMark as done
10 journals total are due over the semester. Only submit 1 journal. We do not require a journal for each course.
Format
- name, date, course, title of assignment top left of page
- 10-12 pt font
- double-spaced
- page numbers
- margins 1 inch top, bottom, left, right
- 500 words minimum
5 journals should be a creative or alternative format.- ie: audio/video/visual art/movement
- some need to be accompanied by descriptions verbally or written
Be sure to balance your reflection with each course in your journals over the semester.
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LOCATION: (Dress for the weather. Bring a few clothing layers and come dressed to move always.)
In Person - Meet in Pembroke Hall Dance Studio (We may travel to Goodhart Green Rear.)
Remote - https://brynmawr-edu.zoom.us/j/99407815988?pwd=WWlyUHRjV09xb3Z5NWNObmhiemJRUT09-
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In terms of how to approach readings, complete all readings.
- Luana - What Makes that Black? (See 9/17 for Resource)
- Ojeya CB - Critical Postcolonial Dance Pedagogy: The Relevance of West African Dance Pedagogy in the United States
- Ojeya CB - Katherine Dunham: Decolonizing Anthropology Through African American Dance Pedagogy
- Melissa BB - Hip Work: Undoing the Tragic Mulatto (See 9/24 for Resource)
- Nia Love interviewed by Benin Ford (read only Nia's article which ends with a bare chest image of her) - http://www.urbanbushwomencenter.org/voicesfromthebush/
- Robin D - White Fragility (See 9/24 for Resource)
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Students mustMark as done
10 journals total are due over the semester. Only submit 1 journal. We do not require a journal for each course.
Format
- name, date, course, title of assignment top left of page
- 10-12 pt font
- double-spaced
- page numbers
- margins 1 inch top, bottom, left, right
- 500 words minimum
5 journals should be a creative or alternative format.- ie: audio/video/visual art/movement
- some need to be accompanied by descriptions verbally or written
Be sure to balance your reflection with each course in your journals over the semester.
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LOCATION: (Dress for the weather. Bring a few clothing layers and come dressed to move always.)
In Person - Goodhart Green Rear
Remote - https://brynmawr-edu.zoom.us/j/99407815988?pwd=WWlyUHRjV09xb3Z5NWNObmhiemJRUT09
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In terms of how to approach the readings/resources, complete all unless it is stated as optional. Note that Audre Lorde is audio or text. Required and optional videos are listed below.- Nia L - 2 Excerpts -
- Kayla H - home page excerpt - https://www.khamiltonprojects.com/
- Fred M - all that beauty - drum women
- Charlene C - Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements - Chapter 2 “Reviving the Black Radical Imagination” - Chapter 3 “The Case for Reimagining the Black Radical Tradition”
- Brittany C - The Crunk Feminist Collective - Jesus & Slut Shaming - Respectability
- Bettina L - Chapter 5 - We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom - "Abolitionist Teaching, Freedom Dreaming, and Black Joy”
- Alexis Pauline G - spill
- A’Keitha C - CaribFunk Feminist
- Audre L - Sister Outsider: Essays & Speeches by Audre Lorde - Erotic
- Audre L READS Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power - Start it from the beginning
OPTIONALS
- Chimamanda A - Dear Ijeawele & Raising a Child to Be Feminist -
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- Kimberlé C - The urgency of intersectionality - https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?language=en#t-234144 (We may view this in class.)
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Students mustMark as done
In terms of how to approach the readings/resources, complete all unless it is stated as optional. Note that Audre Lorde is audio or text. Required and optional videos are listed above.
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Students mustMark as done
10 journals total are due over the semester. Only submit 1 journal. We do not require a journal for each course.
Format
- name, date, course, title of assignment top left of page
- 10-12 pt font
- double-spaced
- page numbers
- margins 1 inch top, bottom, left, right
- 500 words minimum
5 journals should be a creative or alternative format.- ie: audio/video/visual art/movement
- some need to be accompanied by descriptions verbally or written
Be sure to balance your reflection with each course in your journals over the semester.
- Nia L - 2 Excerpts
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10/15 - Radical Blackness: Feminism, Womanism, Abolition, Fugitivity, and Beings/Bodies & GUEST ARTIST SHANEL EDWARDS
LOCATION: We are remote this week. https://brynmawr-edu.zoom.us/j/99407815988?pwd=WWlyUHRjV09xb3Z5NWNObmhiemJRUT09
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ASSIGNMENTS
GUEST ARTIST: Shanel Edwards will join us for a conversation and sharing of their artistry and life. Please review the website to get a sense of their work.
Creative and Critical Practicum Workshop Prep: Review the guidelines before class which are on our ED course moodle. Bring concepts and movement ideas to workshop. What concepts will/are you work/working with for this practicum? What movement methods or approaches might you use from your movement experiences in this class and/or in your lived experience? What type of assistance might you need from a course community member to move the work forward?
Readings/Resources: Catch up on Radical Blackness readings/resources from last week and complete the readings below. Be prepared to discuss all readings/resources in class on 10/22/2020. (THERE IS BLUE HERE FOR SOME REASON. HOWEVER, DO NOT CLICK LINKS. IT WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE CONFUSION NOT CLARITY. HA! Moodle does it own thing.)
Clenora H W - Africana Womanist- Complete Intro and Ch 4 - Africana Womanist Agenda.
- Also complete Ch 1, Ch 2, or Ch 3.
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Students mustMark as done
10 journals total are due over the semester. Only submit 1 journal. We do not require a journal for each course.
Format
- name, date, course, title of assignment top left of page
- 10-12 pt font
- double-spaced
- page numbers
- margins 1 inch top, bottom, left, right
- 500 words minimum
5 journals should be a creative or alternative format.- ie: audio/video/visual art/movement
- some need to be accompanied by descriptions verbally or written
Be sure to balance your reflection with each course in your journals over the semester.
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Students mustMark as done
During our 1 on 1 workshop sessions for your Creative and Critical Practicum please move through the instructions below.
1. Complete the mid-semester survey. 10 minutes
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHFvNp4Atdz8NnUVdZOsuwN6_Uz2e9LCLRBccquqmv5aCeVQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
2. Complete the following in prep for our next class discussion. Flow through working alone and with your partner as you decided together.
· How is the work (movement, media, and or text) we are doing in the being/body in Diasporic Beings/Bodies, Citizenship, and Dance or in your own lived experiences shaping your thinking or values in the areas of radical blackness, feminism, womanism, intersectionality, abolition, and/or fugitivity? 10 minutes
· Create and record a gesture or movement phrase that interprets, reflects on, responds to, or demonstrates some aspect of your response to the above question. Post on our instagram page with a text phrase. If you really don’t want it on Instagram let me know. 5 minutes
· Upload written portions on moodle here or as a part of your journal later. If you choose the 2nd option please let me know that is what you have chosen in your journal. Please put your name, date, and course on your work. 5 minutes
· If you have time to spare, make a list of and describe the movement generating/making methods we have experienced in class.
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To honor the missing fall break, class will end early most likely by 3pm and readings/resources intensity is lessened for the week.
Radical Blackness: Feminism, Womanism, Abolition, Fugitivity, and Beings/Bodies
*Catch up on and complete all readings from 10/8 and 10/15. Come ready to discuss.
Radical Blackness: The Black Outdoors, Waywardness, and Fugitivity
Resources
Saidiyah Hartman & Fred Moten
Choose and view 1 of the 2 videos and be prepared to discuss.
Video 1: https://vimeo.com/167878745
Thank you Liana for finding the one without the silence in the middle!
Video 2:
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Students mustMark as done
10 journals total are due over the semester. Only submit 1 journal. We do not require a journal for each course.
Format
- name, date, course, title of assignment top left of page
- 10-12 pt font
- double-spaced
- page numbers
- margins 1 inch top, bottom, left, right
- 500 words minimum
5 journals should be a creative or alternative format.- ie: audio/video/visual art/movement
- some need to be accompanied by descriptions verbally or written
Be sure to balance your reflection with each course in your journals over the semester.
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Turn in written portion on our ED course moodle. Upload video to vimeo as instructed on the guide. The guide is on our ED course moodle.
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7:30-9:00pm
Register Here: https://www.brynmawr.edu/flexner/
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LOCATION: Pembroke Dance Studio
Come prepared to move and prepared to transfer spaces. We will move to Goodhart Music Room after the dance portion of our class is complete.
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Students mustMark as done
Complete all readings and resources listed below. Bring computer or device for viewing to class.
Past Readings/Resources
Journal
- Choose a quote/phrase/concept/question/imagery from any of your journals. Come to class ready to share it and process it with our course community.
10/8
- Media (Kayla H and Nia L only)
- A'Keitha C - Carib Funk Feminist
- Alexis PG - spill
- Fred M - all that beauty - drum woman
10/15
- Clenora HW - Africana Womanist
- Review or View 1 Video (Saidiyah Hartman & Fred Moten)
New Resources
Stefano H & Fred M - The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study
- Chapter 0 - The Wild Beyond
- Chapter 1 - Politics Surrounded
- Chapter 3 - Blackness and Governance
- Review Moor Mother - Dancer Unnamed
- Choose 1 Work to Review - Shanel Edwards - https://www.shaneledwardsart.com/work#/new-page/
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7:30-9:00pm
Register Here: https://www.brynmawr.edu/flexner/
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Black at Bryn Mawr Tour
Movement Workshop
Reading/Resource Dialogue
Link to All Residency Events: https://nialove.blogs.brynmawr.edu/
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7:30-9:00pm
Register Here: https://www.brynmawr.edu/flexner/
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Movement Workshop
Reading/Resource Dialogue
Link to All Residency Events: https://nialove.blogs.brynmawr.edu/
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READINGS AND RESOURCES - Due by the End of Semester
(Adrienne Maree B & Toshi R)
Parable of the Sower Podcast
- 1 podcast episode of your choosing
(Stefano H & Fred M)
The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study
- cover through page 12
- 3 Blackness and Governance
(Saidiya H)
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments:
Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
- front cover through page xxi
- 2 sections of your choosing
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COMPLETE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 30 AND DECEMBER 11.
