Rooted in Memory: Embodied Memory Mapping with Dr. Julie Johnson

The SGA Summer Workshop Series: Rooted in Memory highlights the value of Archives and Preservation in Black communities.  This 5-month series highlights the importance of preservation from knowledge production at the level of the body to institutional repositories.  These workshops center work of HBCU archives, archivists, and Black Memory Work(ers) and will take place during the Summer and Fall quarters of this year and will be open to the public.

Description: Personal and cultural memory lives and moves in our bodies, and informs how we operate in the world. this virtual workshop invites participants to explore the role that embodiment can play in memory work across a range of disciplines. Participants should be prepared to move, write, and reflect in your own space, and collaboratively explore movement ideas through the ZOOM realm with others. No previous dance experience necessary. All are welcome!

Julie B. Johnson, Ph.D., is a dance artist and educator focused on participatory dance and embodied memory mapping to amplify the histories, lived experiences, and bodily knowledge of Black women as a strategy towards collective liberation for all. She does this work joyfully with community partners through her creative practice, Moving Our Stories, and at Spelman College where she serves as an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Dance Performance & Choreography. She brings this work to the publishing realm as a co-founder / consulting editor of "The Dancer-Citizen"" an online open-access scholarly dance journal exploring the work of socially engaged artists.