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Resources: performance and theater studies
Natalie Zervou on Dance in the Age of Austerity
Cathy Hannabach interviews Natalie Zervou about Greek dance and art communities in the wake of the Greek financial crisis.
Amber Rose González, Felicia Montes, and Nadia Zepeda on Mujeres de Maiz
Cathy Hannabach interviews Amber Rose González, Felicia Montes, and Nadia Zepeda about the Chicana feminist artivist collective Mujeres de Maiz.
Nicosia Shakes on Black Women’s Activist Theater
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar and artist Nicosia Shakes about political activism and performance across the African diaspora.
Jessica Bissett Perea on Indigenous Transformations in Academic Publishing
Cathy Hannabach interviews Dena’ina musician-scholar Jessica Bissett Perea about transforming the academic publishing pipeline by centering Indigenous worldviews.
Mark Villegas on Collaborative Abundance in Hip-Hop Cultures
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews filmmaker and scholar Mark Villegas about how foregrounding abundance can transform academia and build new worlds.
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on Cultivating Joy through Queer Black Feminist Art
Cathy Hannabach interviews Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about centering queer Black feminist joy in literature and life.
La Marr Bruce on Renewal, Loss, and Black Creativity
Cathy Hannabach interviews La Marr Bruce about how loss shapes academic research and the role of madness in Black creative expression.
Badia Ahad-Legardy on Black Historical Joy and Inspiration
Cathy Hannabach interviews Badia Ahad-Legardy about Black historical joy and cultivating intellectual and political inspiration in our daily practices.
Anusha Kedhar on the Limits of Flexibility
Cathy Hannabach interviews dancer and scholar Anusha Kedhar about the limits of flexible labor regimes in dance and higher education.
Dorinne Kondo on Reparative Creativity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar, playwright, and dramaturg Dorinne Kondo about liveness, theater accessibility, and theorizing vulnerability.
Meghnaa Tallapragada on Science in the Public Sphere
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Meghnaa Tallapragada about science communication and interdisciplinary public engagement.
Emilly Prado on Making Space for Creativity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews journalist and educator Emilly Prado about writing across genre and Black and Brown artivism in Portland.
Sandra Ruiz on Resetting the Colonial Clock
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Sandra Ruiz about Puerto Rican anti-colonial resistance, performance, and radical curation.
Alix Olson on Transitioning from Performer to Professor
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews poet and professor Alix Olson about career transitions, pedagogy, queer kinship, and the limits of resilience.
Larisa Kingston Mann on DJ Dreams and Radical Publics
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Larisa Kingston Mann about copyright law, Jamaican popular music, and activist accountability.
Nadine Hubbs on Listening Queerly
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Nadine Hubbs about listening queerly and Latinx millennials’ relationship to American country music.
Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón on Women Graffiti Artists
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón about women graffiti writers, feminist curation, and Puerto Rican activism.
Jian Neo Chen on Trans of Color Art and Activism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jian Neo Chen about transgender studies publishing and drawing academic inspiration from art and activism.
Imani Perry on Love as an Ethic
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Imani Perry about critiquing patriarchy, writing as self-care, and redefining productivity.
Tavia Nyong’o on Revolutionary Queer Imaginaries
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Tavia Nyong’o about the ongoing project of abolition and centering queer of color joy.