GLC Brown Bag: Dr. Nazera Sadiq Wright “DIGITAL GI(RL)S: Mapping Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century”

Event time: 
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: 
230 Prospect Street (PROS230 ), Seminar Room See map
230 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

DIGITAL GI(RL)S: Mapping Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century
The goal of Dr. Nazera Sadiq Wright’s DIGITAL GI(RL)S: Mapping Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century project is to make histories of black girlhood visible and accessible. Digital GI(RL)S uses GIS mapping technologies and archival sources to trace the movement, lifestyles and cultural activities of black girls living in the Northeast during the 1870’s and 1880’s. By transcribing signatures and inscriptions in black girls’ autograph albums, translating their diaries, and mining program announcements from classical music concerts and performances, Dr. Wright reveals how black girls found freedom through network-building and ephemeral communication practices post-Emancipation.
THIS EVENT IS PART OF THE GLC BROWN BAG LECTURE SERIES.
BRING YOUR LUNCH AND WE’LL PROVIDE DESSERT.