Cord Whitaker: accepts Heng’s def of race as “structural relationship for the management of human differences, rather than a substantive content.” Man of Laws’ tale as example of race thinking. Own experience in Honduras has had impact on his thinking
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@profcwhit: to be black in America is to be denied a premodern past. But in fact important medievalism in Harlem Renaissance: Fawcett. Must accept importance of race thinking in reference to MA, and medievalism to the study of modern race1 reply 2 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
And I see from my fellow live tweeters that it should be Fauset.
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Afrodesia McCannon: was warned by advisor she would be only African-American medievalist in the world. Is she doing her people a disservice by studying white men? Because she saw a puzzle there and her mind would not rest. Certain puzzles are easier for some people to figure out
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McCannon: if the work of MOC is like that of feminists, it will become woven into the larger tapestry of Mdvl Std
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@wanchuankao: living in US south, with its concern with heritage, leads to study of how medieval past gets used eg by KKK. His position as “Chinaman” in the South. Teaching and interpellation: it’s not white fragility but white precarious.5 replies 1 retweet 2 likesShow this thread -
Finn: in order to decolonize neo-medievalism, scholars need to push back in a more public way (via fandom?)
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@dorothyk98: best way to combat white supremacy is decolonizing medieval studies. That’s not the same thing as diversifying. Need equity and justice, not just diversity and inclusion. Need to consider our field’s history, epistemological of knowledge2 replies 4 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
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@dorothyk98 People say that the MA does not participate in global colonialism. Not true. Consider the Vikings. Discussion of “Viking diaspora” is about a completely different set of power relations: an empire of violence and colonization. Colonizers not diaspora1 reply 3 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
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@dorothyk98 Not interested in making what is an empire into an innocent diaspora. Must take the indigenous into account. This work is also being done in Classics.3 replies 1 retweet 3 likesShow this thread
Sharon Kinoshita: Mediterranean studies “strategic regionalism.” Challenges our categories, allows us to step outside the nationalism that has shaped our field. Growing up in SF in 1960s: difference wasn’t always marked, different languages were heard. Model for Medit.
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