Knowledge Share Description

Embodiment remains an undervalued, understudied, and mystifying topic although it is an important aspect of every society and culture. We all have bodies, and we are always using them, even if that means simply breathing. Our bodies and how we clothe them indicate everything that we are. They reflect our moods, our personalities, our histories, our families, and our cultures. Oftentimes, our bodies and clothes communicate significantly more than our words. This is true for marginalized folks who have historically used the body for reclamation. For centuries, Black and Brown bodies have been exploited as sites of colonization, but also empowered as sites of resistance. Clothing has contributed greatly to creating a sense of “wholeness” on the bodies of the colonized. Wholeness is about gaining a new self-image that is not divided. It is defined simply as the unification of mind, body, and spirit. In this knowledge share dedicated to her grandmother, Sha'Mira shares the ways that our clothing enables wholeness and offers modes by which to cultivate wholeness through our clothing.

Knowledge Share Includes

• Background of colonization’s impact on our bodies

• Deep dive into clothing’s role in reclaiming our bodies

• Archival study of the intersections of clothing and spirit

• Discussion of how our bodies and clothing can be used in the project for decolonization and ecojustice

Cost

$35 - BIPOC or low income

$75 - standard or reparations (If you have financial abundance, this is our pay-it-forward option to fund our full tuition scholarships)

The zoom link will be sent 1-2 days prior to the knowledge share. Recording will be available for 30 days.

For scholarships please email herbancura@gmail.com with subject Cultivating Wholeness

Accessibility Information

*ASR (automated) captioning provided

*Live captioning & ASL interpretation may be available with advance notice

*Spanish interpretation may be available with advance notice (Si requiere interpretacion por favor mande un email a herbancura@gmail.com)

Virtual Gathering

Zoom link will be sent out via email 1-2 days before knowledge share

1:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Standard Time

Class will be recorded and available for 30 days.

Facilitator

Sha’Mira is a Ph.D. candidate, doula, yoga instructor, and dance student. Her work explores fashion and the body as cultural, historical, social, and political phenomena involved in and affected by histories of colonial domination, anti-colonial resistance, and processes of decolonization and globalization. Her work is inspired by her grandmother and she is indebted to a lineage of warriors who envision/ed Black liberation and Indigenous sovereignty. Website: shamiracovington.com IG: @shamira.deanne