Da’Mirah Vinson conducted her thesis defense today on a topic of study highly overlooked within scholarly research. She looked at the impact of pesticides and gold mining on gaming in Ghana with her …
Jesse’s End of the Semester Update!
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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“Voices of the Civil Rights Movement” Research Blog
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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Obeah Research Blog
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 …
“Blackness and Food Systems” Research Blog
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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Let’s Talk Storytelling Series: Stories That Connect Us
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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