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505 - Dr. Michelle Berger on Afrofuturism and the Afrofuturist Aesthetic
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Producer
Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
Description
In this episode, interviewer Tiffany Pennamon talks with Dr. Michelle Berger about Afrofuturism and the 2020 Zora Neale Hurston Festival.
Dr. Michele Tracy Berger is associate professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and former Director of the Faculty Fellows Program at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities. She teaches and conducts research in a wide variety of areas, including racial and gender health disparities.
This episode is part of the Every Tongue Got to Confess podcast series, which is produced by Dr. Julian Chambliss (Michigan State University) and Holly Baker (University of Central Florida). The podcast series consists of interviews with participants in the annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.
The purpose of the podcast series is to explore the experiences and stories of communities of color through the words of Zora Festival attendees.
Narrator
Dr. Julian Chambliss
Interviewer
Tiffany Pennamon
Interviewee
Dr. Michelle Berger
Date Created
2020
Keywords
Afrofuturism, Dr. Michelle Berger, 2020 Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Zora Neale Hurston, Octavia Butler, Samuel Delaney, Antazaki Shanday Alice Walker, Pearl Cleage, Eden Royce, Nicole Kurtz Smith, Linda Addison, Stephen King, magical negro, conjure woman, Mind of My Mind, Nisi Shawl, Sycorax's Daughters, Ntozake Shange, Reenu-You, horror writing, Afrofuturist aesthetic, literature, film. Toni Cade Bambara, Toshi Reagon, beauty, climate change, Black speculative fiction
Subjects
Afrofuturism, Dr. Michelle Berger, 2020 Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Zora Neale Hurston, Octavia Butler, Samuel Delaney, Antazaki Shanday Alice Walker, Pearl Cleage, Eden Royce, Nicole Kurtz Smith, Linda Addison, Stephen King, magical negro, conjure woman, Mind of My Mind, Nisi Shawl, Sycorax's Daughters, Ntozake Shange, Reenu-You, horror writing, Afrofuturist aesthetic, literature, film. Toni Cade Bambara, Toshi Reagon, beauty, climate change, Black speculative fiction
Length of Episode
36:53
Recommended Citation
Baker, Holly, and Julian Chambliss. 2020. "505 Dr. Michelle Berger on Afrofuturism and the Afrofuturist Aesthetic." Podcast audio. Every Tongue Got to Confess: A Podcast about Communities of Color, Inspired by the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities. University of Central Florida. 2020.