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Reighan Gillam

@reighangillam

Assoc Prof @dartmouth | Fellow @Hutchinscenter | Ethnographer of Black Visual Culture | Host @NewBooksAnthro | Visualizing Black Lives bit.ly/3NZCDCP

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Reighan Gillam (Reighan Gillam) on the podcast talking about transnational work, anthropology and Black Studies research, and the place of Latin America in the field. Listen at your fave streaming service or here at Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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'Reighan Gillam discusses the place of anthropological methods and sensibilities in the field of Black Studies, the cultural importance of transnational exchange, and the place of Brazil and related Latin American sites in the Black Studies imagination.' podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rei…

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What is a captive city and how was urban slavery experienced? I spoke with Jennie Lightweis-Goff (Jennie Lightweis-Goff) about Captive City: Meditations on Slavery in the Urban South (Penn Press) for New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) NB African American Studies šŸ“š. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/captive-city

What is a captive city and how was urban slavery experienced? I spoke with Jennie Lightweis-Goff (<a href="/GoffLightweis/">Jennie Lightweis-Goff</a>) about Captive City: Meditations on Slavery in the Urban South (<a href="/PennPress/">Penn Press</a>) for <a href="/NewBooksNetwork/">New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social)</a> <a href="/NewBooksAfroAm/">NB African American Studies šŸ“š</a>. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/captive-city
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LISTEN: Author Jennie Lightweis-Goff discusses her book CAPTIVE CITY, which reflects on the history and cultural legacy of slavery in coastal cities, with Reighan Gillam on @newbooksnetwork's New Books in Anthropology podcast newbooksnetwork.com/captive-city

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Happy Monday! šŸŽ‰ An interesting listen to start the week! šŸŽ™ļø Reighan Gillam discusses anthropological methods in Black Studies, the cultural significance of transnational exchange, and Brazil’s role in the Black Studies imagination. If you missed it, go catch up! #Anthropology

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What does racial reckoning look like at the end of life in South Africa? šŸ•Š casey golomski and I talked about his book God's Waiting Room (Rutgers University Press) for New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) NB Anthropology šŸ“š. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/gods-waiting-r… #anthropology #SouthAfrica

What does racial reckoning look like at the end of life in South Africa? <a href="/ChuckGski/">šŸ•Š casey golomski</a> and I talked about his book God's Waiting Room (<a href="/RutgersUPress/">Rutgers University Press</a>) for <a href="/NewBooksNetwork/">New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social)</a> <a href="/NewBooksAnthro/">NB Anthropology šŸ“š</a>. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/gods-waiting-r… #anthropology #SouthAfrica
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"Christovale said by phone..., the exhibition can be a salutary gathering space. ā€œHer whole expression is rooted in a sense of healing & connecting to a divine powerā€ she said of Coltrane. ā€œYou feel it at a cellular level when you listen to her music" nytimes.com/2025/02/07/art…

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Elizabeth Catlett once said, ā€œArt for me must develop from a necessity within my people. It must answer a question, or wake somebody up, or give a shove in the right direction—our liberation.ā€ essence.com/art/elizabeth-…

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How have families and individuals negotiated the complexities of the color line over generations? I spoke with Martha S. Jones about The Trouble of Color (Basic Books) for NB African American Studies šŸ“š New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social). Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-trouble-of….

How have families and individuals negotiated the complexities of the color line over generations? I spoke with <a href="/marthasjones_/">Martha S. Jones</a> about The Trouble of Color (<a href="/BasicBooks/">Basic Books</a>) for <a href="/NewBooksAfroAm/">NB African American Studies šŸ“š</a> <a href="/NewBooksNetwork/">New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social)</a>. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-trouble-of….
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ā€œTo be greeted by an osteologist who explains her role is the stewardship of human remains and hands me a small envelope, really a folded piece of paper, which I undo and there is really a curl…a lock of my grandmother’s hair.ā€ #thetroubleofcolor podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…

ā€œTo be greeted by an osteologist who explains her role is the stewardship of human remains and hands me a small envelope, really a folded piece of paper, which I undo and there is really a curl…a lock of my grandmother’s hair.ā€

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"he pays homage to the Black people who took care of the place in the past and for posterity in another way. A document of the census with the identity of one Black servant—John Vanderpool—is enshrined in a frame hanging in the stairwell" elledecor.com/design-decorat…

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"the photos of Delia, Renty & others in Harvard’s custody...are expected to be transferred to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, in a hard-fought settlement that Lanier called ā€œa turning point in American history.ā€ hyperallergic.com/1016013/harvar…

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The spring issue of Transforming Anthro—and debut issue with my coeditor Christen Smith—is out! Read our latest articles on Black geographies, state violence in Haiti/Quisqeya, and queer hip hop genealogies. Many thanks to Madjeen Isaac for the cover art! journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tra/2025/3…

The spring issue of <a href="/TransformAnthro/">Transforming Anthro</a>—and debut issue with my coeditor Christen Smith—is out! Read our latest articles on Black geographies, state violence in Haiti/Quisqeya, and queer hip hop genealogies. Many thanks to <a href="/MadjeenIsaac/">Madjeen Isaac</a> for the cover art! journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tra/2025/3…
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ā€œW/ this groundbreaking installation located in the galleries adjacent to Rivera Court, the heart of the DIA’s art exp., our visitors will be immersed in the history of African American Art from the early 1800s to 1980s like they never have seen beforeā€ freep.com/story/entertai…