Mellon Sawyer Seminar at Georgetown University

The “Creative Placemaking, Black Restorative Ecologies, and Black Spatial Futures” 2023-2024 Mellon Sawyer Seminar at Georgetown University engages questions of Black futurity that are grounded in place and informed by historical inquiry. The seminar will consider comparative geographies and historical periods to engage questions such as: how have Black subjects made space for their futures in light of persistent assaults on their lives and livelihoods? What restorative ecological practices might we excavate from the past or elevate from the present that will better support Black life and living in times and places yet to come?