Coconuts, Oilseeds, and Reading Diaspora in Landscape
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
with Dr. Jayson Maurice Porter
In this knowledge share, we will be discussing the role of plants in diaspora with a focus on coconuts and other oilseed in coastal Guerrero, Mexico. These plants have served as important conduits of liberation for Afro-Indigenous communities through Mexican Independence, the Mexican Revolution, and the agrarian reforms that followed. After thinking through these plant histories of liberation and struggle, we will discuss black and indigenous writing more broadly and practice a few thought experiments and creative writing activities together.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
with Dr. Jayson Maurice Porter
In this knowledge share, we will be discussing the role of plants in diaspora with a focus on coconuts and other oilseed in coastal Guerrero, Mexico. These plants have served as important conduits of liberation for Afro-Indigenous communities through Mexican Independence, the Mexican Revolution, and the agrarian reforms that followed. After thinking through these plant histories of liberation and struggle, we will discuss black and indigenous writing more broadly and practice a few thought experiments and creative writing activities together.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
with Dr. Jayson Maurice Porter
In this knowledge share, we will be discussing the role of plants in diaspora with a focus on coconuts and other oilseed in coastal Guerrero, Mexico. These plants have served as important conduits of liberation for Afro-Indigenous communities through Mexican Independence, the Mexican Revolution, and the agrarian reforms that followed. After thinking through these plant histories of liberation and struggle, we will discuss black and indigenous writing more broadly and practice a few thought experiments and creative writing activities together.