Hello everyone! Welcome to my end-of-the-semester blog! We’ve made it to winter and it’s about that time for my update. At the beginning of the semester, my website could be seen as incomplete and …
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This semester, my research took me into the world of oral history. I worked with interviews recorded between 2005 and 2012, provided by Kelly Finley, each one featuring a Memphian who lived through …
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Dear Griot, As I sit to write this final blog as a Griot student intern, I find myself reflecting on a journey that has shaped not only my academic path, but also my personal growth and sense of …
The purpose of this project is to explore the relationship between food systems and Blackness. I aim to trace how knowledge of food and food culture has circulated across Black communities, beginning …
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Every campus has its quiet corners of truth, places where stories live beneath the surface, waiting for someone to ask, “How are you really experiencing this place?”. Stories That Connect Us began …
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This semester, being the first of my graduate studies, I had to make a lot of big and exciting decisions regarding my graduate assistantship and the direction in which to take my research. I …
