Queer Student Resources (QSR) invites you to join us for an afternoon of Black feminist performance and conversation as scholars and creatives explore the relationship between the Black body, the ocean, oceanic ecologies, and maritime archives. Although one might not expect to find such a deep, ontological understanding of one’s lived experience across species, Dr. Gumbs' most recent book, Undrowned, introduces us to lessons that help us reimagine our relationships with each other and with marine animals. Gumbs asks, “What are the intergenerational and evolutionary ways that we become what we practice? How can we navigate oppressive environments with core practices that build community, resistance, and more loving ways of living?” We hope to uncover these practices of learning and examine existing practices for record keeping, both for humans and other mammals, to decenter the histories documented for us under a “racial gendered ableist capitalism.” This discussion aims to empower individuals to further queer the dichotomy between teacher and learner, forging a community that will carry these insights into the future.

Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs in conversation with Dr. Ayana Omilade Flewellen -- opening performance by artist Maya Nell

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