AAS 200 - Research Based Student Websites

Greetings, Class Community.

We will use this blog post to discuss our research based websites.  If you have any comments, questions, or additional resources, please post them here.

Sincerely,

Dr. Hill

Demarcus Hayden  http://whitneyyoungjr.weebly.com/

Christian Cook http://lydalewis.weebly.com/

Gillian Archer http://spencerbell.weebly.com/

Ashley Dunomes http://notablekyaas200.weebly.com/

Dustin Woosley http://johnssloan.weebly.com

Dwayne Fuller http://thepioneerdj.weebly.com/

Cornelius Cotton http://melvinmason.weebly.com 

Floyd (Brenton) Covington http://augustinedwardbirch.weebly.com/

Sarah Martin http://sarahmartin224.wix.com/notable-jockey#!sources/cv2k

Rockia Harris http://aaswhitneymyoungjr.weebly.com/

Brianna Coffee - http://thewomenbehind.weebly.com/

Sean Hardiman - http://hardimansean.wix.com/nikkyfinney

Miranda Fulce - http://359129944484029527.weebly.com

Nathan Moore - http://williamwellsbrown.weebly.com

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation

Greetings, Class Community.

We have been viewing Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation.

Please place your reflections here.

How did viewing this documentary affirm, change, or complicate what you know or understand about African American Culture in the 1980s-1990s?

How did viewing this documentary affirm, change, or complicate what you know or understand about the intersections of Hip Hop Culture and African Americans?

How did viewing this documentary affirm, change, or complicate what you know or understand about the intersections of the prison industrial complex, public fear, and African Americans? Is there a connection to earlier notions of public fear?

If your opinions are supported by evidence from our text book or outside resources, please notify us.  Cite the source or post the link.

Sincerely,

Dr. Hill

Interested in an African American and Africana Studies Minor

12:00 - 2:00 pm - TODAY

Come on over to the Student Center's Ballroom and check out the African American and Africana Studies Minor  with Dr. Melynda Price, Dr. Chamara Kwakye and Dr. DaMaris Hill. 

Our program is in the midst of an exciting year of transition as we merge the former African American Studies Research Program with Africana Studies to become African American & Africana Studies. The vision for the new program as reflected in our dynamic new logo, includes a renewed commitment to collaboration and community and a curriculum driven first hand exploration and study of the African Diaspora.

  

Sign up for the minor here http://www.uky.edu/registrar/Major-Sheets/MS1314/minors/a&s/aas.pdf

Summer School on Black Europe Program 2014 - A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Summer School on Black Europe Program 2014


Now accepting applications!
Summer School on Black Europe Program 2014
June 23 - July 4, 2014
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Now in its 7th year, the overall goal of this intensive two week course is to examine the contemporary circumstances of the African Diaspora in Europe. We will focus on the historical and colonial legacies of European countries to discuss the origins of Black Europe and investigate the impact of these legacies on policies and legislation today. 
 
This course addresses the dimensions of race and ethnic relations that are unique to Europe; examining the ways in which conceptions of the "other" are institutionalized and reproduced; the rise of xenophobia in various EU countries; issues such as global racisms, everyday racism, and epistemic racism; the legal definitions and discourse surrounding the conceptualized "other"; and examining the ways in which each country has dealt with issues of race and national identity. Issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality are central analytics, and scholars from the social sciences and humanities and NGOs working against xenophobia in Europe are encouraged to apply.
 
Applications due February 1, 2014.
 
Visit our website for more information.
http://www.dialogoglobal.com/amsterdam/
 
Visit us on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Europe-Summer-School/162238897215547
 
Email anytime with further inquiries:
blackeurope@dialogoglobal.com

Our Classes Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

Greetings, Class Community. 

We are going to take a moment to debate 

The debate breakdown follows.  

Malcolm X and Nationalist Perspectives

Gillian

Cornelius

Brenton

Ashley

Sean 

Sarah

Dwayne

Martin Luther King Jr. and Integration Perspectives

Brianna

Christian

Miranda

Rockia

Demarcus

Dustin 

Britney

Consider these five subjects when preparing for the debate.   Consider the strength and weaknesses associated with Nationalist and Integrationist perspectives on:

1. Education
2. Economics
3. Housing
4. Military Service
5. How to be a 'good' citizen in your community and the United States

The debate will take place on Wednesday November 20, 2013 in Chem/Phys 111.   Each team must also choose a team captain.  Good luck!!!

Yours truly, 

DBH

PS
You may post resources regarding the debate in the comments section associated with this blog post. 

12 Years a Slave - African American Studies Classes

Greetings, Class.

The class attended a showing of 12 Years a Slave at the Kentucky Theater.

What are your initial thoughts about the film?  Ultimately, we will make connections between the historical text book, A Mercy, and our previous knowledge about African Americans.   

We are going to consider how 12 Years a Slave  confirms, complicates or changes what we understand about African American Studies.   We will have a brief discussion in class. 

Dr. Hill

PS

Connections questions:

1.  How does 12 Years a Slave connect with your readings about chattel slavery in the early 19th century?

2. What connections can you make between the film and the slave codes and other laws pertaining to African Americans and enslaved people?

3. What connections can you make about plantation society?  How did the characters playing the roles of slave master, slave master's wife, slave master's love interests, slave and  paid servant confirm, complicate, or change what you understood about life on a plantation?

4.  Were there any connections between technology, invention and slave life that were highlighted in the movie?  If so, what were they?

5.  How did the film demonstrate that chattel slavery was toxic to all parties, even if profitable to some?

Please feel free to share any connections that are not expressed here. 

Veterans Day --- Honoring African American Members and All Members of the Armed Forces

The American Revolution 

The Civil War

 World War I

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

 Tuskegee Airmen of WWII

Korean War

 Vietnam War

Operation Desert Storm

Iraq War

University of Kentucky's College of Arts and Sciences-Year of Mexico. How do Africana Studies and studies of Mexico intersect?

Greetings, Class Community. 

It is important to remember that this is the University of Kentucky's College of Arts and Sciences - Year of Mexico.  How do Africana Studies and studies of Mexico intersect?  

In this article, the author states, "Passion is what resonates when Xánath Caraza reads her work. ¡Cuando Xánath Caraza lea su escritura es apasionada!  This past Friday (November 8^th), Caraza gave a reading at Indigo Bridge Bookstore in Lincoln, Nebraska and it was indeed riveting. Among the many important aspects to Caraza’s work is the spotlight she places on African influences in Mexico. “ - Xánath Caraza Reads Her Poetry in Lincoln, Nebraska and Why Ethnic Studies is so Important! 

Read the article and tell me what you think about the importance of ethnic studies and the African influences in Mexico on La Bloga.

http://labloga.blogspot.com/2013/11/xanath-caraza-reads-her-poetry-in.html