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June 2010 African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter

(h/t ACRAH)
The June 2010 African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter is now available online at: http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/newsletter.html
June 2010 Newsletter
** Articles, Essays, and Reports **

Obscuring the Inequalities of Slavery: Identifying Differential Access to Ceramics at Monticello, by Kari Lentz
The Sexton’s House Has a Ritual Concealment: Late 19th-Century Negotiations of Double Consciousness at a Black Family Home in Sussex County, New [...]

Association for Critical Race Art History [ACRAH] : The Grapevine Newsletter

This newsletter is compiled by Camara Holloway. Lots of great information and black artists–case in point, I had no idea Maud Sulter died, and I was so excited to see her image prominently used for the current exhibition at the Hood Museum. She was so young.
Check out the current newsletter, and subscribe if you’re interested [...]

  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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    • Taking a Break February 8, 2012
      Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
    • A New Mission for Aperture? February 8, 2012
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    • Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 2012
      Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]


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