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campbell11@arizona.edu
Campbell, Keyania
Graduate Associate
campbell11
Currently Teaching
AFAS 377 – Digital Africana Studies: Experiencing the Harlem Renaissance
Dive into the Harlem Renaissance, a whirlwind of African American artistry and intellect in the Roaring Twenties! This electrifying era, sparked in Harlem, NY, was more than just a cultural movement - it was a redefinition of African American identity through music, art, literature, and thought. Imagine streets pulsating with jazz and blues, where writers, musicians, and artists forged a new legacy in the aftermath of WWI. It was a time when black pride soared, exemplified by significant parades and the rise of influential organizations like the NAACP and the Urban League. Discover why Harlem, the heart of this cultural revolution, was not just a neighborhood, but a vibrant, black metropolis. Join us in exploring this groundbreaking chapter in American history, where every lecture feels like stepping into a scene of unbridled creativity and resilience!
Dive into the Harlem Renaissance, a whirlwind of African American artistry and intellect in the Roaring Twenties! This electrifying era, sparked in Harlem, NY, was more than just a cultural movement - it was a redefinition of African American identity through music, art, literature, and thought. Imagine streets pulsating with jazz and blues, where writers, musicians, and artists forged a new legacy in the aftermath of WWI. It was a time when black pride soared, exemplified by significant parades and the rise of influential organizations like the NAACP and the Urban League. Discover why Harlem, the heart of this cultural revolution, was not just a neighborhood, but a vibrant, black metropolis. Join us in exploring this groundbreaking chapter in American history, where every lecture feels like stepping into a scene of unbridled creativity and resilience!
AFAS 378 – AfroFuturism and Black Speculative Fiction
This course explores the aspirations that people of African descent have for the future, speculation, utopias and dystopias. Part of the resilience of black culture and black life is about imagining the impossible, imagining better places, situating oneself on different levels of existence and interacting with other life forms, be they alien, artificial or human, in ways not fully embraced or understood by Western culture. Afrofuturism encompasses art, music, literature, religion, technology and the future in new and exciting ways in order to further understand the human condition, more specifically the place of people of color in the 21st century and beyond. Overall, this course explores the construction of modern and future worlds from the perspective of global black experiences.
This course explores the aspirations that people of African descent have for the future, speculation, utopias and dystopias. Part of the resilience of black culture and black life is about imagining the impossible, imagining better places, situating oneself on different levels of existence and interacting with other life forms, be they alien, artificial or human, in ways not fully embraced or understood by Western culture. Afrofuturism encompasses art, music, literature, religion, technology and the future in new and exciting ways in order to further understand the human condition, more specifically the place of people of color in the 21st century and beyond. Overall, this course explores the construction of modern and future worlds from the perspective of global black experiences.