This course considers the role of public space and institutions in communicating and commemorating Black history and in fostering ongoing Black freedom struggles in Canada and the diaspora, including through museums, protest art, and historic site tourism. Core texts draw upon key scholarly debates in African Diaspora Studies and Media Studies. Topics may include Underground Railroad in Canada, #WetheNorth, BLM, Republic of New Afrika's Free the Land campaign in the US South, and reparations organizing at the UN.
This course considers the role of public space and institutions in communicating and commemorating Black history and in fostering ongoing Black freedom struggles in Canada and the diaspora, including through museums, protest art, and historic site tourism. Core texts draw upon key scholarly debates in African Diaspora Studies and Media Studies. Topics may include Underground Railroad in Canada, #WetheNorth, BLM, Republic of New Afrika's Free the Land campaign in the US South, and reparations organizing at the UN.
