Sisters With Brothers present BLACK INTERNET THEORY | [ Black Meme Labor, Emotional Response Erasure, Algorithmic Racism + Taking Control Of Media As A Form Of Reparations ] FT Academia by Kandis William, Mandy Harris Williams & Ruth Gebreyseus. This conversation was live recorded at NAVEL on Sunday March 31st 2018.
Featured academia + theories presented by:
Kandis Williams - @kandis_williams / @cassandra_press
is a artist, partner in Cassandra Press and professor at Cal Arts. She presents her reader on the Mammy, Jezebel and Sapphire archetype and how this has blasphemed the image of the black woman, affecting our value /image in internet culture + marketing today.
Mandy Harris Williams / @idealblackfemale
is the founder and host of #BROWNUPYOURFEED on NTS, internet academic, educator and caption essayist. She speaks about her advocacy in the way the algorithm works against blackness, beauty standards all correlated with the meaning behind #BROWNUPYOURFEED - a hashtag Mandy created that gained global attention. Mandy also speaks to blackfishing, desirability politics and algorithmic racism.
Ruth Gebreyesus - @root_g @kotetakotet
is a writer (Fader, Guardian) , educator, producer and host of Link In Bio. Ruth presented her work on memes created by young black folks and their subversive power. She speaks on the challenge of archiving visual vernaculars that rely on distortion to remain alive. Also her efforts in archiving memes is very important.
Additional featured conversationalists :
Alima Lee - @alimalee
Whitney Gibson - @whitneygibson
Maceo Paisley - @maceopaisley
Senay Kenfe - @senaykenfe
Def Sound - @defsound
Xavier Reed - @xreed32
CREDITS
Theme song by Nyah Wilson / @nyahhhh + mastered by Jaylon Mills /
Audio engineer, editor and field recorder - Archie Cajaou / @eihcra
Motion graphics by Carrie Hargett / @hargogo
Moderated by our founder Amelian Kashiro Hamilton / @ameliankashirohamilton
Logo by Billy Tsan / @tsansimma
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