Project: Heartland

“This presentation is a critical reflection on a personal story. I begin with a question: how was I made? I was made in maroon history, in postcolonial modernity, in black and indigenous anticolonial resistance, in books and reading, in food and water. Each of these contexts marks a primary theme in my genealogy. But I think they intersect in complex ways in the story of my paternal grandparents’ and their farming and community practices.” – Dr. Schuyler Esprit