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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Virtual Screening
5:30 PM EST - 8:00 PM EST
Join us for an online screening of “Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness” on December 15th, as part of the 2021 From Slavery to Freedom Film Series.
About the Film
A film that will challenge students to think of "knowledge" as a socio-political construct, shaped by the implicit values and underlying power dynamics of the society in which it is produced. It calls on each viewer to ask, "Who controls my cultural identity?" As a result, the film promises to become a core text in Introductory Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Knowledge, African Studies, African American Studies, and Race Relations classes
Melville Herskovits was a Columbia University trained anthropologist whose major publication, The Myth of the Negro Past, became a source for Black cultural and political revolution during the 1960s. Although Herskovits was not a supporter of Black power nor of Black intellectual development and sought to sink W.E.B. Dubois’ project “Encyclopedia Africana,” he was able to advance his political theories of Blackness through the African Studies Center at Northwestern University in 1948. Some may say that Herskovits was a great example of white patrimony of Black culture limiting the voice of Black people as he defined Blackness for himself and academia.
University of Pittsburgh Department of Africana Studies Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology and the African Diaspora, Yolanda Covington-Ward, PhD. will discuss the film and its ramifications for understanding Blackness in academia and lay society. Covington-Ward is president of the Association of Africanist Anthropology. Her research focuses on embodiment, identity, religion, performance, and politics, emphasizing the agency and creativity of people of African descent in transforming the worlds around them.
Thank you for registering for FSTF Film Series: Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness!
We're looking forward to having you join us on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 5:30 PM EST.
Below, you will find information about how to join us for the program.
If you have any questions or did not receive an email confirmation for this registration, please contact Sam Black, director of the African American Program, at swblack@heinzhistorycenter.org.
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Zoom Information
This will also be emailed to you.
Please register on Zoom in advance of the webinar:
https://heinzhistorycenter-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0CdicDpWTJW6ClHxJDrg0A