Welcome back!! Listen to the trailer and catch episodes of Season 3 of the Dialogues in Afrolatinidad podcast. Join our host, Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez, and our guest host, Israel Herndon, to hear from the scholars, artists, educators, and community leaders who are shaping understandings of Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx identity.
Season 3 Trailer
Season 3 – Episodes
Season 3, Episode 1 – July 19, 2023: Dr. Ariana Curtis shares her African American and Panamanian roots, the centrality of Blackness to Latinidad, and how her personal journey evolved into her professional life as the Curator of Latinx Studies at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Season 3, Episode 2 – July 26, 2023: Professor Tanya K. Hernández discusses how her early encounters with anti-blackness growing up in New York City shaped her work as a lawyer and scholar and led to her recent book, Racial Innocence: Unmasking Anti-Black Struggle for Equality.
Season 3, Episode 3 – August 2, 2023: Doctoral Candidate Ammy Sena describes how her early observations about the impact of racism on communities of color in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic ignited her passion for liberative mental healthcare. She also reflects on the significance of the 2022 NEH Summer Institute: Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies.
Season 3, Episode 4 – August 9, 2023: Anthropologist Dr. Reighan Gillam shares how her university experiences fueled her passion for Afrolatinidad. Gilliam discusses the importance of complex media representations for Black people and the anti-racist power of Afro-Brazilian media. She also comments on the impact of the 2022 NEH Summer Institute: Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies on her professional development.
Season 3, Episode 5 – August 16, 2023: Dr. Justo Planas joins the podcast to highlight his passion for bridging the gap between the Caribbean and the classroom. He discusses his research on Caribbean sex tourism in film. Through his work, he examines how stereotypes about the are created and challenged on the big screen. He also explores the significance of the 2022 NEH Summer Institute: Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies on his teaching and research.
Season 3, Episode 6 – August 23, 2023: Dr. Ashley Ngozi Agbasoga discusses how her inquisitive nature motivated her ethnographic research. She argues that the Mexican state’s policies about race are not reflective of Black and Indigenous Mexicans. In addition, she explains how participating in the 2022 NEH Summer Institute: Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies opened her mind to other research possibilities.
Season 3, Episode 7 – August 30, 2023: Saxophonist Dr. Benjamin Barson explores the interconnections among being a musician, historian, and political activist, which range from his work with Scientific Soul Sessions to his forthcoming book, Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons. The opening and closing background of this episode features music from his group, the Afro-Yaqui Music Collective,
Season 3, Episode 8 – September 6, 2023: This episode features performance artist and academic Eva Margarita who shares how her research and art are connected. A participant in the 2022 NEH Summer Institute: Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies, Eva speaks on the transnational Black traditions and personal experiences that inform her work.
Michele Reid-Vazquez, Ph.D. 