In this first part of our conversation, Dr Diane Jones Allen shares with us

about Maroon landscapes; communities that were established by Black

communities who during the time of the middle passage during slavery,

jumped off ships and freed themselves by moving, hiding and stewarding the

swamps. These communities were said to have “marooned” themselves. Tune in

to hear the stories of maroon landscapes in symbiotic relationships with

black resiliency, coastal resiliency and black imagination through times of

slavery, colonization, and liberation. We also discussed the pedagogical

failure and opportunity in Landscape Architecture education.