
Kinfolkology
@kinfolkology
a digital archive, collaborative database collective and living memorial honoring enslaved ancestors. co-founders: Eola Lewis Dance and @drjkwilliams.
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http://kinfolkology.org 21-05-2023 19:07:22
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Check out Jennie K. Williams, founder of Kinfolkology, on the podcast Relevant or Irrelevant! She discussed her book, "Oceans of Kinfolk," to be published by UNC Press next year! Oceans of Kinfolk will tell the story of...

Join Kinfolkology in its first community event in Richmond, VA on May 5! They invite you to think and create with them for a conversation around data stewardship, Black genealogy, ancestral memory, and reparations for slavery. eventbrite.com/e/kinfolkology…







We can't wait to talk about Kinfolkology's work and invaluable archive. You can catch the live stream - and join the convo - at youtube.com/live/Wz1unTF03… #chattelslavery #transatlanticslavetrade #blackgenealogy #blackancestry



We are sharing previews of conversations we look forward to having @ #KinfolkologyxComnunityRVA. Here is the 1st: a conversation about data stewardship/consent inspired by the efforts of a formerly enslaved woman named Celia Gaines to find her family. kinfolkologyxcommunity.org/celia-gaines

As a little girl, Delia Garlic was separated from her family & sold. Decades later—long after the Civil War—a strange white woman showed up at her door in Montgomery asking a host of dumb questions. [This is preview 2/6 of #KinfolkologyxCommunityRVA.] kinfolkologyxcommunity.org/delia-garlic



After the Civil War, thousands of African Americans left where they had been enslaved behind and founded new “freedom colonies.” Others made a different decision: to stay and fight for freedom where they were. [Preview 5/6 of #KinfolkologyxComnunityRVA.] kinfolkologyxcommunity.org/battle-payne

If you missed IAAM's discussion with Joshua Rothman regarding his book "Ledger and the Chain", here is the link: youtube.com/live/LFZh9rcEH… International African American Museum IAAM CFH Seeking Descendants of Enslaved Laborers at UVA BlackProGen AAHGS Slave Trade Kinfolkology Locating Slavery's Legacies

We’ll share more about #kinfolkologyxcomnunityrva soon, but for now we just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who joined us in Richmond today, and everyone who helped make this gathering possible! Photo by CacheBadAzzFuck ✨
