Join the UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, the A. Quinn Jones Museum, and the City of Gainesville on Saturday, February 19, to celebrate Black History Month for two events that spotlight links between Africa and the African Diaspora.
Read more "Love Songs within Africa and the African Diaspora"
Be there in-person at the A. Quinn Jones Museum (1013 NW 7th Avenue) on Saturday, February 19, from 5: 30 pm to 7: 30 pm to continue our celebration of Black History Month.
Read more "Black Love: Creativity, Expressions, and its Gifts"
Join us for a virtual conversation with scholars Miki Kaneda (Boston University), Tao Leigh Goffe (Cornell University), and Christine Yano (University of Hawaiʻi), moderated by Ivy Chen (UF Museum Studies).
Read more "Asia: Transnational Music, Archives, and Popular Culture "
In this virtual conversation, indigenous artists dig into their creative process and their musical influences.
Read more "Sites of Transformations: Songs, Native Identity, and Healing"
Roberto Santos is the owner of Rap Seminar, a lyrical analysis company. In this event, Roberto will discuss the various techniques he relies on to examine songs of the rap genre.
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz’s’ Verzuz is a testament of Black storytelling, archiving, and improvisation. Created during the 2020 quarantine, these sonic “battles” spotlight the cultural knowledges on contemporary and “old-school” Black musicality and kinship.
Read more "Verzuz: On Carework, Storytelling, and the Black Imaginary"
The Madan Sara documentary tells the stories of these indefatigable women who work at the margins to make Haiti’s economy run. Despite facing intense hardship and social stigma, the hard work of the Madan Sara puts their children through school, houses their families, and helps to ensure a better life for generations to come.
What challenges face Gainesville’s farmers? How have they tried to circumvent the problems posed by COVID-19? What measures are they taking to protect their customers? This panel brings together farmers from Gainesville and surrounding areas to explore how they are harvesting crops.
This event takes its audience on a culinary journey with speakers throughout the African Diaspora to discuss cooking techniques of the past and present.
In this panel, activists, and scholars present on the fight for access to healthy, native food and sustainable food production.