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Lytton Smith commented on the post, response week 3, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoI love this thread! So glad so many of you are on it.
You’re also working with partial evidence – not reading the whole of the Libretto – and that limits what you can conclude. But notice how he talks of […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Keep to the Rhythm-Kazon Robinson, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoIt’s fascinating to think, as you two are doing, that Snead might be underestimating Blackness…it’s an idea we can return to as we finish reading him. For now, though, I’d like to clarify that Snead isn’t saying […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, The appropriation of black repetition, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoGreat work with quotes here, Izzy, showing us how to integrate and explain Snead’s ideas. But what I love most is your bringing this to the question of appropriation – that’s a great insight.
Snead’s a little […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Mr. Hughes And “Lieder”, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoSatire is a key word here, and in class we’ll think about to what end Hughes is creating satire. “Cultural exchange” is something we’re definitely seeing called into question in Snead (and Tolson); Hughes’ amps […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, My Perception of Culture, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoI love learning about “survivance” here – it could be really helpful to think more about this in texts we’re reading, and about how the past and future might be said to survive attempts to eradicate them through […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Music and Afrofuturism, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoWe’ll get to Sun Ra and his Arkestra soon, which is where my own interest in Afrofuturism began…if you want to explore further, check out Amiri Baraka’s book BLUES PEOPLE, which explores the development of the […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Blog Post Week 3, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoI do think it’s important to recognize that Afrofuturism isn’t confined to one kind of creative practice or cultural form – there’s Afrofuturist dance, and so on, and that’s why “speculative fiction” as one […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Blog Post Week 3, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoYes, I think you’re right to trace senses of fear and anxiety in “apprehension,” Ryan – Snead is seeing “transformation” as not necessarily a positive, as tainted by stemming not from innovative creativity but […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Langston Hughes and Afrofuturism, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 1 day, 1 hour agoGreat points to raise here, both of you. Emma, that Lael gets to understand afrofuturism through your post as “what could be” – a really smart insight, Lael; it’s the “speculative” that’s not quite “science […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Smith BLKS188 Fall 18, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoI hope you won’t mind that I think it’s good to begin a semester being jarred, although I’m not setting out to frustrate and enrage you all…Hegel’s views, as you indicate, infiltrate and pave the way for […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, BKS 188- Afrofuturism-Week 1 Reflection, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days ago(Love that opening!) You’re wrestling in useful ways here with Afrofuturist attempts to acknowledge problematic symbiotic or combative relationships between Africa and the European-influenced West and to create […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, The confidence of repetition in black culture, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoA lot of great context and history here, Izzy; there are references points (e.g. about Irish exclusion from “whiteness”) others may not have, which is one reason for this blog (though do share in class, too). […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Hegel’s Excerpt, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoThanks for this post. One reason we’re reading Hegel is because of the influence of his views, the ways many contemporary racist accounts of Africa or the African diaspora are rooted in ideas Hegel popularized or […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, culture of just enough change, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoYour response here begins to get into questions of how democracy works: is it the will of the people, of the majority of the people, of the most powerful people, etc. etc.? As part of exploring that, I’d like to […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Denying Repetition, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoYes, you’ve got it. Some of what Snead’s saying gets much clearer once he starts in with some examples in the next pages, but you’re on track with noting the value he places on repetition, not as stasis, but as a […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, Hegel as a “villain”, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoI love the suggestion here that one of the many things that might define Afrofuturism is a rejection of traditional, often-European derived, binaries that position, say, good vs. evil; those are of course often […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, What the Hegel?, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoYes, there are many flaws in Hegel’s stance, although (sadly) it’s also been influential and not without its (often more sophisticated) followers. What most intrigues me about what you’re pointing out here is […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, On Religion and African Tradition, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoYou’re right to point out that the essentializing racism of Hegel’s comments aren’t separable from other contexts and power dynamics, including the role of Hegel’s brand of Christianity. And while this course […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, The Philosophy of Propaganda, on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoI love the ways you’re highlighting the constructions of ethnic identity across three texts here, aware that such identity is often – especially for so-called minority identities – based on external perceptions […]
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Lytton Smith commented on the post, , on the groupblog
(Im)Possibilities 2 weeks, 2 days agoThere’s some very productive thought here about contested spaces, such as bathrooms, whether that’s on the grounds of race or gender presentation. In one sense, you’re seeing a clear repetition there, even if some […]
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