Season One


“Conjuring on the Dance Floor, the Poetics of Club Music,” Abdu Mongo Ali

October 17, 2023, 6-7:30PM ET

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“Techno as a Pedagogy of Suggestion,” Ryan C. Clarke

November 2, 2023, 6-7:30PM ET

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“1470’s: A Hybrid Performance Lecture,” Richard Kennedy

November 16, 2023, 6-7:30PM ET

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“Creating Black Ecosystems through the Festival,” Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson

November 28, 2023, 6-7:30PM ET

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“Assembling a Black Counter-Culture,” and a Live Performance of Techxodus, DeForrest Brown, Jr.

December 5, 2023, 6-8:00PM ET

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Organized by Prof. George Aumoithe (History/African and African American Studies)

Sponsored by the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative and co-sponsored by the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, the Mahindra Humanities Center, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Music, the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, and the Standing Committee on Theater, Dance, and Media