WORKSHOP — "Dear Academy": Embodying Knowledge of Self as Scholarly Praxis

Day and time: Thursday (March 19) · 15:15–16:45
Location: Auditorium 
Format: Workshop

"Dear Academy": Embodying Knowledge of Self as Scholarly Praxis

Presented by: Crystal Leigh Endsley Taylor & Tony Keith Jr.

Infused with the energy of an open mic, this session will be enacted as a performance space. Through creative performances and co-construction of knowledge between audience and artist, this high-energy format is designed to disrupt conventions that pressure scholars to adhere to respectability politics. The internationally acclaimed spoken word poem "Dear Academy" featuring Drs. Crystal Endsley Taylor and Tony Keith, Jr., will open the session. Joined by Dr. Toby Jenkins, these scholar-artists will facilitate a dialogue on the necessity of collaboration and knowledge of self as critical tools of social responsibility. Finally, the audience will be invited to participate in a poetry writing workshop and to join the cypher on the mic.