Embodied Knowledge

(Library)

Reading List

Collection of material from programmes at Rhubaba from 2020 – 2022; Library of Frequencies, …from tomorrow’s yesterdays, podcast series and workshops.

These texts were selected by the artists who worked with Rhubaba, offering the public context by which to better understand the work and insight into the artist’s general practice, a grounded foundation relating to the Embodied Knowledge project.

New material will be added as the project progresses.

Code:

Artist:

Project:

Title:

Reference:

001

Ufuoma Essi

Library of Frequencies

Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850⁠–⁠1910

Brookes, D. A. (2006). Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910. Durham: Duke University Press.

002

Imani Mason Jordan

Library of Frequencies

Civil Wars

Jordan, J. (1995). Civil Wars. New York: Touchstone.

003

Kitso Lynn Lelliott

Library of Frequencies

Collective Amnesia

Putuma, K. (2017). Collective Amnesia. Cape Town: Uhlanga.

004

Imani Mason Jordan

Library of Frequencies

Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle

McKittrick, K. (2006). Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle. Minnesota: University of Minnesota.

005

Imani Mason Jordan

Library of Frequencies

Futures of Black Radicalism

Johnson, G. T. & Lubin, A. (Eds.) (2017). Futures of Black Radicalism. London: Verso Books.

006

Mandla Rae

Library of Frequencies

Indaba, My Children: African Folktales

Mutwa, V. C. (1999). Indaba, My Children: African Folktales. New York: Grove Press.

007

Library of Frequencies

Library of Frequencies

Listening to Images

Campt, T. M. (2017). Listening to Images. Durham: Duke University Press.

008

Imani Mason Jordan

Library of Frequencies

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America —
Race and American Culture

Hartman, S. V. (1997). Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America — Race and American Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

009

Imani Mason Jordan

Library of Frequencies

Plantation Memories: Episodes of Everyday Racism

Kilomba, G. (2016). Plantation Memories: Episodes of Everyday Racism. Münster: Unrast Verlag.

010

Kitso Lynn Lelliott

Library of Frequencies

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism

Minh-ha, T. T. (1989). Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

011

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa

…from tomorrow’s yesterdays

In the Wake: On Blackness
and Being

Sharpe, C. (2016). In the Wake: On Blackness and Being. Durham: Duke University Press.

012

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa

…from tomorrow’s yesterdays

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History

Trouillot, M. (2015). Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History. Boston: Beacon Press.

013

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa

…from tomorrow’s yesterdays

The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness

Gilroy, P. (2022). The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. London: Verso Books.

014

Embodied Knowledge

Embodied Knowledge

Sister Outsider

Lorde, A. (2019). Sister Outsider. London: Penguin Books Ltd.

015

Embodied Knowledge

Embodied Knowledge

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals

Hartman, S. (2019). Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals. London: Serpent’s Tail.

(Library)

Reading List

Collection of material from programmes at Rhubaba from 2020 – 2022; Library of Frequencies, …from tomorrow’s yesterdays, podcast series and workshops.

These texts were selected by the artists who worked with Rhubaba, offering the public context by which to better understand the work and insight into the artist’s general practice, a grounded foundation relating to the Embodied Knowledge project.

New material will be added as the project progresses.

Code:

001

Artist:

Ufuoma Essi

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850⁠–⁠1910

Reference:

Brookes, D. A. (2006). Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910. Durham: Duke University Press.

Code:

002

Artist:

Imani Mason Jordan

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Civil Wars

Reference:

Jordan, J. (1995). Civil Wars. New York: Touchstone.

Code:

003

Artist:

Kitso Lynn Lelliott

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Collective Amnesia

Reference:

Putuma, K. (2017). Collective Amnesia. Cape Town: Uhlanga.

Code:

004

Artist:

Imani Mason Jordan

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle

Reference:

McKittrick, K. (2006). Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle. Minnesota: University of Minnesota.

Code:

005

Artist:

Imani Mason Jordan

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Futures of Black Radicalism

Reference:

Johnson, G. T. & Lubin, A. (Eds.) (2017). Futures of Black Radicalism. London: Verso Books.

Code:

006

Artist:

Mandla Rae

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Indaba, My Children: African Folktales

Reference:

Mutwa, V. C. (1999). Indaba, My Children: African Folktales. New York: Grove Press.

Code:

007

Artist:

Library of Frequencies

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Listening to Images

Reference:

Campt, T. M. (2017). Listening to Images. Durham: Duke University Press.

Code:

008

Artist:

Imani Mason Jordan

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America —
Race and American Culture

Reference:

Hartman, S. V. (1997). Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America — Race and American Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Code:

009

Artist:

Imani Mason Jordan

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Plantation Memories: Episodes of Everyday Racism

Reference:

Kilomba, G. (2016). Plantation Memories: Episodes of Everyday Racism. Münster: Unrast Verlag.

Code:

010

Artist:

Kitso Lynn Lelliott

Project:

Library of Frequencies

Title:

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism

Reference:

Minh-ha, T. T. (1989). Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Code:

011

Artist:

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa

Project:

…from tomorrow’s yesterdays

Title:

In the Wake: On Blackness
and Being

Reference:

Sharpe, C. (2016). In the Wake: On Blackness and Being. Durham: Duke University Press.

Code:

012

Artist:

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa

Project:

…from tomorrow’s yesterdays

Title:

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History

Reference:

Trouillot, M. (2015). Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History. Boston: Beacon Press.

Code:

013

Artist:

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa

Project:

…from tomorrow’s yesterdays

Title:

The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness

Reference:

Gilroy, P. (2022). The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. London: Verso Books.

Code:

014

Artist:

Embodied Knowledge

Project:

Embodied Knowledge

Title:

Sister Outsider

Reference:

Lorde, A. (2019). Sister Outsider. London: Penguin Books Ltd.

Code:

015

Artist:

Embodied Knowledge

Project:

Embodied Knowledge

Title:

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals

Reference:

Hartman, S. (2019). Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals. London: Serpent’s Tail.

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