Berkeley Talks: The performance of labor
Berkeley Talks , a podcast that features lectures and conversations at UC Berkeley. Review us on Apple Podcasts. The Feb. 11 conversation, "The Performance of Labor/The Labor of Performance: A Convening,” was curated and moderated by Ra Malika Imhotep and included X'ene Sky, Gallery of the Streets (kai lumumba barrow + jazz franklin), esperanza spalding and brontė velez. (UC Berkeley photo by Franchesca Araśjo) In episode 134 of Berkeley Talks , Black feminist artists and cultural workers communally explore the questions of how the forms and methods of opera, surrealism, free jazz, poetry and dance help us communicate the concerns of radical Black feminisms. The Feb. 11 conversation, "The Performance of Labor/The Labor of Performance: A Convening,” included: esperanza spalding, brontė velez, X'ene Sky and Gallery of the Streets (kai lumumba barrow + jazz franklin) and was presented by Berkeley's Department of African American Studies' Black Studies Collaboratory , a collaborative initiative to address racial inequality through bold and unique humanities-based research projects.
