Domestic Worldmaking by the Enslaved
Morning Session
(10.00am - 12.00 pm) EST
10.00am - 10:30am Domestic Worldmaking Project Introduction by Mae-ling Lokko
10.30am - 10.55am Session 1: Making a Life On and Off the Water (Recording)
Geographical Connections: West Africa, Caribbean, Brazil
Speakers and Discussants:
Prof. Kevin Dawson (Univ.of California Merced), Simon Benjamin (Hunter)
10.55am - 11.15am Session 1 Discussion
11.15am - 11.40am Session 2: Green Architecture: Gardens and Provision Grounds
Geographical Connections: Brazil and Caribbean
Speakers and Discussants:
Geri Augusto (Brown University),
Elionice (Leo) Sacramento, (Quilombo Conceição das Salinas, Bahia)
11.40am - 12.00pm Session 2 Discussion
12.00pm - 01.00pm Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
(1.00 pm - 3.45 pm) EST
01.00pm - 01.25pm Session 3: Remaking A Home (Recording)
Geographical Connections: Brazil, West Africa
Speakers and Discussants:
Mae-ling Lokko (Yale University)
Henry Wellington (Univ.of Ghana, Retired)
01.25pm - 01.45pm Session 3 Discussion
01.45pm -02.10pm Session 4: Monumental Lives (Recording)
Speakers and Discussants:
Geographical Connections: Caribbean, Nordic Region
Marie Louise Richards, (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm)
La Vaughn Belle, (University of the Virgin Islands)
Michael Barrett (Museum of Ethnography Stockholm)
Jonelle Twum (Founder, Black Archives Sweden)
02.10pm - 02.30pm Session 4 Discussion
02.30pm - 02.45pm 15 min Coffee Break
02.45pm - 03.45pm Closing Discussion and Remarks
Supported by a Global Connection grant from MIT’s Global Architectural History and Teaching Collaborative, the closed virtual symposium on February 19, 2022 kicks-off of the longer-term project "Domestic Worldmaking by the Enslaved". The ambition for the symposium is to stimulate a collective story-telling typologies and integration of diverse work related to the agency and innovations within the domestic practices of individuals enslaved during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. From their materials and building traditions, their gardens to their culinary inventions, we aim to bring to life for new audiences, and in new ways, the still underexplored material ecology that the enslaved continuously innovated to rebuild their lives in new environments.
Global Connections
Symposium
February 19, 2022
Afternoon Session
(1.00 pm - 3.45 pm) EST
01.00pm - 01.25pm Session 3: Remaking A Home
Geographical Connections: Brazil, West Africa
Speakers and Discussants:
Mae-ling Lokko (Yale University)
Henry Wellington (Univ.of Ghana, Retired)
01.25pm - 01.45pm Session 3 Discussion
01.45pm -02.10pm Session 4: Monumental Lives
Speakers and Discussants:
Geographical Connections: Caribbean, Nordic Region
Marie Louise Richards, (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm)
La Vaughn Belle, (University of the Virgin Islands)
Michael Barrett (Museum of Ethnography Stockholm)
Jonelle Twum (Founder, Black Archives Sweden)
02.10pm - 02.30pm Session 4 Discussion
02.30pm - 02.45pm 15 min Coffee Break
02.45pm - 03.45pm Closing Discussion and Remarks