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New Horizons in Black Geographies: Charting Unexplored Terrains of Diaspora, Ecology, and Resistance

Fri, October 31, 3:20 to 4:50pm, Marriott St Louis Grand, Landmark 1

Session Submission Type: Panel

Description for Program

This panel brings together scholars from the UC Berkeley Black Geographies working group to explore the intricate relationships between Black communities, ecological systems, and resistance movements across the African diaspora. As rivers reshape landscapes and create new pathways, contemporary Black geographies demand innovative approaches and theories that can capture the fluidity, complexity, and multiplicity of Black life across space and time. Drawing from digital ethnography, engineering's reparative potential, and traditional practices like herbalism and rootwork, our panelists offer interdisciplinary perspectives that reshape our understanding of Black spatial politics and practices, environmental destruction, colonial legacies, and relations to land. By considering sensory and interspecies Black geographies, we expand our understanding of how Black communities engage with and transform environments through multiple modes of relation. This panel aims to spark dialogue about the future of Black geographic study and its potential to illuminate new pathways for understanding diaspora, ecology, and resistance in the 21st century and beyond. Through this conversation, we hope to contribute to the ongoing evolution of Black geographic thought and practice, while remaining grounded in the material realities and lived experiences of Black communities worldwide.

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