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Spring 2021 #OSSTA Lecture: A.M. Darke
Representation Matters: On Black Virtuality and Being Included

I want­ed to talk specif­i­cal­ly about visu­al rep­re­sen­ta­tion and inclu­siv­i­ty, and real­ly try­ing to prob­lema­tize the way that we con­ceive of inclu­siv­i­ty as an inher­ent good. This is not a sort of hash­tag rep­re­sen­ta­tion mat­ters” talk, it is a talk that’s think­ing about you know, mat­ters around rep­re­sen­ta­tion and how to do that in a way that is non-instrumentalizing and non-exploitative.

Certain Blacks
Future Frames from the Liberated Zone

I want us to play togeth­er… I’ve been think­ing a lot about the black future. One, because I want to have one. Personally, I would like a black future. Because I want a future. And then I was think­ing about just how many folks don’t actu­al­ly put black and the future together.