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ETHNOGRAPHY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
2024-2025, Year of Haven:Harbor
CEE NEWS #59These last couple weeks have me thinking about how the cultivation of chaos and confusion are strategies, strategies best met by improvisation. The Cambridge Dictionary defines improvisation as the making or invention of something “at the time when it is needed without already having planned it,”
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Third ThursdayJoin us for our monthly Third Thursday event! This month, we will be joined by CEE affiliated Dr. Margit Edwards, MFA, PhD Lecturer in Theater Arts. Dr. Margit Edwards examines the theatrical strategies employed in the staging of African concert dance through the lens of the Village on the Stage in neo-traditional and contemporary African dance productions. Dr. Edwards applies this lens...
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FEB 20th | 12Pm | CEE lounge 438, Penn Museum |
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March 7th | PENN MUSEUM |
PAST EVENTSLove Sent Across Seas: Preserving Connection in Philadelphia’s Caribbean Disapora Love Sent Across Seas: Preserving Connection in Philadelphia’s Caribbean Disapora was a a collaborative CEE + Caribbean Community of Philadelphia pop-up art exhibit at the Penn Museum
For Caribbean migrants living in Philadelphia, a simple shipping barrel can hold a whole lot of love for families back home. Stories of remembrance and care sent from afar, alongside personal histories, in this special exhibition of painted shipping barrels and artwork from diaspora communities. This exhibit included the work of Frito Bastien, Leniqueca Welcome, Dori Stewart, Joy O. Ude and Edwin Nwaoguegde, Rebecca Rose Metzger, Neisha Terry and Tennecia Dacass. Curated by Alissa Jordan and Miranda Alexander |
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Alissa Jordan and Miranda Alexander SITE Penn Museum Nov. 8 - 30th |
From GUlf to gulf to gulfFrom Gulf to Gulf to Gulf, was a film screening on Thursday, November 14, 2024 from 6-8:00pm that follows trade journeys between western India, eastern Africa and the Persian/Arabian gulf across a sea of piracy and sanctions. The event will also feature a public conversation with artists and CEE Fall Fellows Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran of the collaborative studio CAMP.
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