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View article: Jailbreak of the Imagination: Anthropology and the Practice of Abolition
Jailbreak of the Imagination: Anthropology and the Practice of Abolition Open
Rooted in the freedom dreams of Black political movements across diasporas, abolition has emerged as a framework for the study and practice of building a world without captivity. Anthropologists of social movements have attended to the dre…
View article: Ambiphilic cross-coupling
Ambiphilic cross-coupling Open
Cross-coupling reactions traditionally permit the formation of Ar‒Ar bonds between an aryl nucleophile and an aryl electrophile under transition metal catalysis. The high selectivity of the myriad of couplings known to date relies on a tai…
View article: Black Feminist Citational Praxis and Disciplinary Belonging
Black Feminist Citational Praxis and Disciplinary Belonging Open
What does a Black feminist citational practice look and feel like? This contribution to the #CiteBlackWomen colloquy focuses on two arguments: First, that Black feminist citational praxis is one of the major interventions Black women schol…
View article: From Redstockings to Reconciliation: A transnational, feminist study of Pregnancy Belly Casting Practices.
From Redstockings to Reconciliation: A transnational, feminist study of Pregnancy Belly Casting Practices. Open
Pregnancy belly casting - that is, making three-dimensional plaster moulds of a pregnant torso - is a widespread practice which has attracted media comment as a consumer trend. However, the practice, which is often viewed as merely decorat…
View article: “Giving Back” to Jamaica: Experiencing Community and Conflict while Traveling with Diasporic Heart
“Giving Back” to Jamaica: Experiencing Community and Conflict while Traveling with Diasporic Heart Open
What can African Americans and Jamaicans learn about race, diaspora, and difference as they encounter one another in tourist spaces? How do their nationalized understandings and performances of Blackness inhibit or facilitate the creation …