Black Material Geographies Podcast
1) Imagining Regional Fiber Initiatives
This is the final episode of Season 1, where we explore the question: What would it look like if regional fiber initiatives became the norm? In last week's episode we started to explore how material s...Show More
2) Redesigning Supply Chains
In the final episodes of this season of Black Material Geographies, Teju sharpens her focus on regenerative textile and fiber systems and looks at how and why redesigning our supply chains can create ...Show More
3) Black Cotton
All of us have our own relationship with cotton and the way it fits into our lives. The history of cotton cultivation in the Americas is deeply linked to the history of Black people in this region. Th...Show More
4) Natural Dyeing & Oakland Youth
During this week's episode, Teju Adisa-Farrar discusses Oakland, natural dyeing, art, and urban farming. Fiber and plants are integral to not just the Black diaspora's history, but also human history ...Show More
5) Colonialism's Afterlife & Upcyling Fashion, Pt. 2 | Textile Waste
Western imperialism was and still is a force to be reckoned with. Today in the fashion world, colonialism has left its mark on what we wear, how clothes are made, and who makes them. The ways that clo...Show More
6) Colonialism's Afterlife & Upcyling Fashion, Pt. 1
How much has the world changed since the days when colonialism ruled the planet? There have been advances toward achieving global equality among the once-colonized nations; however, many of the struct...Show More
7) The Lacebark Tree, Pt. 2
Why don't we hear about the Lacebark tree? The lagetta was once abundant in Jamaica 200 years ago. Indigenous Taíno used its inner bark for rope, baskets, and hammocks but now their presence is rare. ...Show More
8) The Lacebark Tree, Pt. 1
Host Teju Adisa-Farrar was asked to write about her personal relationship to knitting and crafting. “I instantly thought of my grandmother, who did everything from crochet and knitting to needlepoint....Show More
9) Precolonial Textile Cultures, Pt.2
In the Western world, we walk around consuming culture that originated in Africa, with no recognition given to indigenous Africans who cultivated and developed the aesthetics that so many of us apprec...Show More
10) Precolonial Textile Cultures, Pt.1
Our environments impact us from before birth to after death, and we in turn impact them. From the food we eat to the clothes we wear, everything we use comes from the earth...our collective environmen...Show More