Black Heritage Preservation Seminar and St. Louis Workshop

3 units

What is Black heritage, how is it thoughtfully preserved, and to what ends? These are fundamental questions guiding the seminar and workshop, Black Heritage Preservation, where we combine local, regional, and global exploration of the construct of Black Heritage across the African Diaspora with hands-on, community-based work to preserve the African American heritage of greater St. Louis. The course is motivated by growing recognition of the power of preservation as a form of equity, and commitment to asserting the importance of African American history as a vital force in the American cultural landscape.