(Library)

Reading List

Collection of reading material from programmes held at Rhubaba from 2020 – 2022; Library of Frequencies and …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 gather insight into their reasearch and general practice, a grounded foundation relating to the Embodied Knowledge project.

New reading material will be added as Embodied Knowledge progresses.

Code

Artist

Project

Title

Reference

001

Ufuoma Essi

Library of Frequencies

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

Whaley, D. E. (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. (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, Trinh 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. E. (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.

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.

Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge
Embodied Knowledge

(Library)

Reading List

Collection of reading material from programmes held at Rhubaba from 2020 – 2022; Library of Frequencies and …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 gather insight into their reasearch and general practice, a grounded foundation relating to the Embodied Knowledge project.

New reading material will be added as Embodied Knowledge progresses.

Code

001

Artist

Ufuoma Essi

Project

Library of Frequencies

Title

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

Reference

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

Embodied Knowledge

Code

002

Artist

Imani Mason Jordan

Project

Library of Frequencies

Title

Civil Wars

Reference

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

Embodied Knowledge

Code

003

Artist

Kitso Lynn Lelliott

Project

Library of Frequencies

Title

Collective Amnesia

Reference

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

Embodied Knowledge

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.

Embodied Knowledge

Code

005

Artist

Imani Mason Jordan

Project

Library of Frequencies

Title

Futures of Black Radicalism

Reference

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

Embodied Knowledge

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.

Embodied Knowledge

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.

Embodied Knowledge

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.

Embodied Knowledge

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.

Embodied Knowledge

Code

010

Artist

Kitso Lynn Lelliott

Project

Library of Frequencies

Title

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism

Reference

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

Embodied Knowledge

Code

011

Artist

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa

Project

…from tomorrow’s yesterdays

Title

In the Wake: On Blackness and Being

Reference

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

Embodied Knowledge

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.

Embodied Knowledge

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.

Embodied Knowledge

Code

014

Artist

Embodied Knowledge

Project

Embodied Knowledge

Title

Sister Outsider

Reference

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

Embodied Knowledge

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.

Embodied Knowledge