[UNF-DHI] See you at these April events!

[Pfister, Anne]

Join DHI this Thursday for the last of our Spring programming, the Spring Justice Sessions wraps up with a history harvest, and the university is gearing up for Research week - see below and attached.

Imagining Repair through Social Infrastructure: Sibyl’s Shrine with Dr. Caitlin Bruce<https://www.comm.pitt.edu/person/caitlin-bruce-phd> (University of Pittsburgh) April 6, 2pm via Zoom - Register here: https://unf.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtdu2gqjksEtR0o3jALIGvlDpzexLGi2ll


DHI invites Dr. Caitlin Bruce to talk about Sibyl’s Shrine, an artist network for black artist caretaker mothers founded by Alisha Wormsley, and co-run with Jessica Gaynelle Moss and Naomi Chambers. It was created to address multiple inequities in terms of care, labor, and artistic infrastructure. Founded in May of 2019 the collective references Sibyls, priestesses who served the African goddess, Mami Wata, and is described as: “an arts collective and residency program rooted in radical care, rest and support for Black women, womxn, trans women, and femmes who are m/others and identify as artists, creatives and activists in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania— and beyond.” The program consists of home residencies, visiting artist residencies, and community artist residencies, supporting three local artists for a period of twelve weeks with community, financial compensation, structured meetings, and mentorship from the local and visiting artist in residence. Because the project launched right before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, what was meant to be an in-person residency became a digital one, and Wormsley invited 30 local and national artists to participate in weekly Zoom meetings over 12 weeks. This presentation draws on interviews with the founders and some participants as well as the program’s social media archive to explore how the residency enables communal art process as a kind of place-keeping praxis, and some of the challenges of place-keeping. (flyer attached!)

April Justice Sessions<https://english.domains.unf.edu/justicesessions/spring-2023-schedule/> - Thursday, April 20, 7 – 8:30 p.m. Jacksonville Public Library / Main Library

African American History Harvest - Join us in an opportunity for members of the community to share and discuss their family artifacts related to local African American history. Representatives from local museums, archives, and historical societies will be present to share in discussion and help contextualize the objects. Moderators: Imani Phillips, Adult Programming Coordinator for the Jacksonville Public Library, and Justin Rogers, Assistant Professor of History University of North Florida. Representatives: Alan Bliss, Mitch Hemann, Mia McNair.

Best of luck and congratulations to everyone participating in this year's UNF Research Week<https://www.unf.edu/researchweek/> presentations and celebrations!

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Anne E. Pfister<https://apfisteranthro.domains.unf.edu/>, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director, UNF Digital Humanities Institute<https://www.unf.edu/dhi/>
Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL 32224


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Anne E. Pfister<https://apfisteranthro.domains.unf.edu/>, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director, UNF Digital Humanities Institute<https://www.unf.edu/dhi/>
Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL 32224

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