Our group is largely interested in working with and on artistic media. We considered a collection of poems, or (possibly multimedia) journal entries that display our reflections on an assortment of readings and media. These (such as the Kara Walker pieces, “Tradition: A Perilous Age in A Black Girl’s Life”, “Sex Trafficking Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in the USA”) would center around Black artistic expression as well as its reception by a variety of audiences (how race, socioeconomic status, etc. affect the reception of expressive art maybe)

We were also interested in double consciousness, as it relates to the production of these artistic/literary pieces (i.e. the struggle between authentic, meaningful expression and good audience/academic reception, sales, censorship, etc.) We think a project like this would work best in the context of a college-level class, as some of the discussion would be nurtured and enhanced by a level of prior knowledge. However, we want to make sure the content of our project is accessible to anybody because of the themes of historic re-appropriation/interpretation of Black art and literature into academic settings.