Aug 28, 2024
Quick note - this is a preview, the full interview will be released shortly
Dr Sinanan and I get into her background and connect these heritages back to the ongoing genocide (and revolution) happening in Gaza.
Dr Sinanan is currently working to produce a new edition of The History of Mary Prince (1831)
Calls to
defund or abolish
the police at this level during BLM 2020, represented a
new aspect of these protests, one that asks us to consider the
protests themselves as part of the centuries-long continuum of
slave rebellion.
"Mary
Prince’s Undisciplining Lessons: Counter-Narrative and Testimonio
in The History," ABO: Interactive Journal
for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830: Vol.13: Iss.1, Article
11.
This
essay discusses teaching The History of Mary
Prince at a Hispanic Serving Institution via Ethnic
Studies praxis. It develops Nicole Aljoe’s definition of Prince’s
narrative as counter-story and testimonio and
explores the undisciplining effects of reading Prince’s history as
relevant to the lives of Borderlands students. To understand the
multiple meanings of “undisciplining’ this essay draws on the
theory of Sylvia Wynter and shows how
Prince’s testimonio offers an alternative to
Western epistemologies via communal resistance and resurgence.
Several pedagogic tools are explored for teaching Prince in this
way.
What does
it mean to learn, think with, and remember the Middle Passage?
Artist KING COBRA (documented as Doreen Lynette Garner) and Dr.
Kerry Sinanan discuss contemporary and historical glass, the
violence of consumption, and the transatlantic slave
trade.
As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.co