{"645157":{"#nid":"645157","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Lovecraft Country and Black Imagination as a Tool for Liberation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresenter: Dr. Renee Alexander Craft\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERSVP\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/6977660\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/6977660\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing key themes from the 2020 HBO hit series\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ELovecraft Country\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;as our inspiration and springboard, this workshop and discussion will focus on the following four questions:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHow do Black communities work toward individual and collective healing from the generational trauma caused by white supremacy and anti-Black racism?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHow are women\u0026rsquo;s mobility and agency central to Black liberation?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWhat work do monsters, burning houses, and cyborgs do in a Black liberatory toolkit?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHow do we apply lessons from\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ELovecraft Country\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eto our own struggles for greater freedom(s)?\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Alexander Craft is an\u0026nbsp;Associate Professor in the Department of Communication \u0026amp; Curriculum in Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Workshop and discussion using key themes from the 2020 HBO hit series Lovecraft Country as our inspiration and springboard!"}],"uid":"35052","created_gmt":"2021-03-09 17:36:12","changed_gmt":"2021-03-09 17:36:12","author":"mcarter80","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-04-06T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-04-06T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-04-06T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-04-06 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-04-06 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-04-06 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"322561","name":"Student Diversity Programs"},{"id":"1269","name":"Student Life"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167583","name":"student diversity"},{"id":"168822","name":"student diversity programs"},{"id":"1231","name":"Diversity Programs"},{"id":"184327","name":"virtual events"},{"id":"187249","name":"Diversity and Inclusivity Month 2021"},{"id":"175295","name":"Diversity and Inclusion"},{"id":"184117","name":"diversity and inclusion month"},{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"10351","name":"inclusion"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}