Uzor, Tia-Monique (2024) Towards a new humanity: Belonging, embodiment, and Quantum Black creative geographies. Singapore Journal Of Tropical Geography.

Abstract

"In her paper, Quantum Black creative geographies: embodiment, coherence and transcendence in a time of climate crisis, Professor Noxolo explores the qualities of quantum mechanics. She reflects on how the application of its principles to Black Geographies unearths complex entanglements and uncertainty across cultures and geographies while also enabling a reimagining of time. Noxolo’s drawing together of quantum coherence with Black creative geographies is thought-provoking to me as a dance scholar and artist who thinks about creative Black geographies from embodied performance epistemologies. In particular, I am interested in how Africanist dance is a vehicle for creating and interrogating Black worldmaking. Here, in my brief response to Noxolo’s paper, I offer two provocations that resonate closely with my work. First, I add quantum coherence to my extended notion of Kamau E. Brathwaite’s (1993) Tidalectics to think about how my conceptualization shifts through the subatomic. Secondly, I consider how the process of quantum mechanics impacts transcendental lines of flight and fugitivity perceived through a dancer’s embodiment. To conclude, I reflect on the significance of connecting with our bodies as an additional consideration of quantum mechanics in the context of liberatory strategies for Black life and humanity within our already climate-altered world."

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Official URL:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679493
Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Other Dance Race
Depositing User:	Dr Tia-Monique Uzor
Date Deposited:	25 Jul 2024 13:00
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2024 13:00
URI:	https://crco.cssd.ac.uk/id/eprint/1793