Plac(e)ing Black Futures – A Graduate Symposium
Friday, April 26 | 12:45 – 5:30pm
Car Barn Room 204 (3520 Prospect St NW)
Join us to hear from emerging voices researching the intersections of Black placemaking, futurity, and ecology
Taking seriously the politics, particularities, and potentialities of place, the 2023-2024 Mellon Sawyer Seminar at Georgetown University explores the creative placemaking of historical and contemporary Black subjects and communities; the stewardship of land, resources, and relationships in restorative Black ecological practices past and present; and, the openings for Black spatial futures informed by and grounded in these considerations of space and place. As part of the Seminar, we are excited to offer a forum for emergent scholars at institutions across the DMV region who engage these questions and related lines of interdisciplinary inquiry. A catered courtyard reception will follow the symposium.