Field Station 5 | Black Ecologies: historicization & futures
Broadcasting live from Field Station #5 is a podcast series that tells the tale of forms of resistance in the Mississippi Delta (what), on topics relating to the theme of land & water. It’s intended for people (who) want to hear about the region in a creative, scholarly, yet wildly approachable intimate manner. It’s the story of a region by those who inhabit the region (why). Listeners feel a connection to the podcast episodes and the people in them. Broadcasting live from Field Station #5 is a podcast series that tells the tale of forms of resistance in the Mississippi Delta (what), on topics relating to the theme of land & water. It’s intended for people (who) want to hear about the region in a creative, scholarly, yet wildly approachable manner. It’s the story of a region by those who inhabit the region.
- Friday, Oct 11, 2019Memphis, TN | Jackson, MS | New Orleans, LA
Abbéy talks with Dr. J.T. Roane (Dept. Africana Studies, Arizona State) and Dr. Scott Gabriel Knowles (Dept. History, Drexel) about the spatial politics of plantation economies and considers the connection between faith and environmentalism. Dr. Roane discusses the Christian theologies of dominion and stewardship and unpacks his concept of “dark agoras” or the ecological underpinnings of Black urbanism.
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