Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 8: Academia, Arts, and Intersectionality

Authors

Ebony Walden
Chaz Barracks

Files

Document Type

Video

Original Publication Date

2021

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21974/e6j4-xa09

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Interview series, part of the Richmond Racial Equity Essays project. In this podcast, urban planner and diversity, equity and inclusion consultant Ebony Walden talks with 15 Richmonders from all walks of life and sectors to explore their visions for an equitable Richmond, especially as it relates to racial equity, and the strategies that will help us get there. We hope this can be a model for discussion in other U.S. cities.

Dr. Chaz Barracks:

Dr. Chaz comes to us from his newest home in Philadelphia where he will take on research and teaching as a 2021 postdoctoral fellow at the Univ of Penn. Annenberg School of Communication’s Media at Risk program. Prior to this move he is known for his community engagement and public arts practice in Richmond, Virginia as a Blackademic, professor, podcaster, and filmmaker. It was here he completed his doctorate in Media, Art, and Text and wrote and directed the Everyday Black Matter film project—which launched from his emerging media hustle Black Matter Productions, LLC. Black Matter meshes Chaz’s intellectual ambitions to blur the lines between academia, the arts, and authentic Black storytelling that is rooted in joy, nuance, and the art of scamming aka conartistry theory. Learn more at BlackMatter.space.

Date of Submission

January 2022

Publisher

Richmond Racial Equity Essays

Abstract

Dr. Chaz Barracks speaks with Ebony from multiple perspectives and through many lenses but weaves together a dynamic personal history and professional expertise to craft a vision for a creative, intersectional approach to advancing racial equity in Richmond.

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