This is our fiftieth and final episode! Thank you everyone for your support over the past three years, we could not have done this without you. In this episode, you will hear our incredible conversation with Professors Ryan Jobson and Jennifer Freeman Marshall, PhD Candidate Delande Justinvil, and poet and ritual worker Destiny Hemphill from Wednesday, May 3rd. We…
Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the world. Listen to our candid ICONversation with Dr. Yolanda T. Moses, the professor and mentor who…
Part 3 featuring Tracy Heather Strain Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the world. We’re doing something a little different today: We had the…
Zora’s Daughters Podcast: Season Three, Episode 11 Co-Hosts: Brendane Tynes and Alyssa James Title: ICONversations Total Length: 00:44:59 [00:00:00] JC: I was very blessed to know Dr. Maya Angelou [pause] and you can imagine how many books she signed. We know how many she wrote. We know her impact. Still in our lives. And the…
Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the world. In this first episode, Alyssa and Brendane sit down with Dr. Irma McClaurin, an anthropologist who…
We have a major announcement up top so be sure to tune in! Today on the episode we center… YOU! We asked for your listener questions and wow, you delivered. In this episode, we answer questions about pursuing a PhD and career advance, dealing with imposter syndrome, taking unprescribed “academic performance enhancing medications,” love bombing…
We’re doing this ‘fro the culture! In our last episode of the semester Brendane and Alyssa talk featurism, texturism, the politics of Black hair, and are joined by biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi. We’ll be back in 2023 with new episodes. In the meantime, don’t forget to submit your listener letters and voice notes to zorasdaughterspod@gmail.com…
It’s all about Zora: Writer, Anthropologist, Filmmaker, Genius of the South, Capricorn Queen! What’s The Word? Anthropology. Difficult to define, but we throw our ideas into the ring! We cover its history, genealogy, what we think makes something anthropological, and what Indiana Jones has to do with Alyssa’s research. What We’re Reading. You Don’t Know…
Get in loser, we’re doing neuroexpansive shit! What’s the Word? Neuroexpansive. Coined by Ngozi Alston (@ngwagwa), neuroexpansive is an invitation to think about our differences and disabilities as an expansion, rather than a divergence, of human experience. What We’re Reading. Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk. Schalk contextualizes how Black people have enacted Black disability…
Now that we’re “back to normal,” it takes more than hitting ‘Leave Meeting’ to exit a boring talk! We skip the usual structure of our episodes and speak freely about preparing for and attending conferences as graduate students. We answer listener questions like, What’s the point of going to conferences? Should I attend a conference…
