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Reckoning and Repair

Center for Experimental Ethnography

An experimental oral history podcast with artists, curators, and organizers speaking on the need for reckoning, and the (im?)possibilities of repair in art worlds and social spaces around the globe. Season 2 of Reckoning and Repair: The Art of Resistance in Argentina endeavors to explore these stories and the legacy of art activists from Bueno Aires and beyond. Originally captured in Spanish from June to July 2022, these narratives have since been condensed and adapted into the English language to share these incredible artists and their activism more broadly.Season 1, "The Art That's Touched Philadelphia", was recorded, written, and produced by students in "Conversations with Contemporary Artists" a course by Alissa Jordan at the Center for Experimental Ethnography. This CEE production runs alongside the 2023 exhibit "Rising Sun-Artists in an Uncertain America", an African American Museum of Philadelphia (AAMP) and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) collaboration. How do artists and organizers confront the troubling histories of Empire in their midsts? Is it even possible for colonially-based art institutions to meaningfully reckon with their own exclusionary histories? What models of reckoning and repair already exist in Philadelphia's art worlds?

S.3 E.1 // Seeking Reproductive Justice in Philly School Spaces with Dr. Tawanna Jones and Avalon Hinchman

In this conversation and mini-oral history, Dr. Tawanna Jones explores her life as an educator. She speaks on the way schoolspaces can be punitive and discriminatory, and how she's teaching Black girls to advocate for themselves and their communities through culturally competent civic education. This episode was was hosted and produced by Avalon Hinchman as part of Reckoning and Repair Season 3, "Black reproduction & justice in Philly," a set of immersive oral histories and multimed...

Apr 18, 2025

16 min

S.3 E.6// A Conversation with Doula Jasha Buckery: Birth and Body Empowerment with Mae Nagel

This is an experimental oral history of Jasha Buckery, also known as the Saye Birth Doula, who helps anchor women through their self identity and body empowerment during their birth journeys. Jasha's journey as a doula started with MamaGlow Doula Immersion program. It opened her eyes to the healing power of community in birth-work. Her practice incorporate methods that helps you in your own healing and inner work. She believes that birth is sacred and exposes the core of who we ar...

Apr 18, 2025

14 min

S.3 E.2 // Vote for Black Girls: Black Joy is Reproductive Justice an oral history with Daniela Brissett by Hazel Ekeke

Black youth are often adultified, criminalized, and sexualized in American society. In this episode, we’ll explore what it means for Black girls to have a future---as allowing children to be themselves and thrive is reproductive justice. This episode was hosted, recorded, and produced by Hazel Ekeke as part of Reckoning and Repair Season 3, "Black reproduction & justice in Philly," a set of immersive oral histories and multimedia figurations that engage with reproductive justi...

Apr 18, 2025

15 min

S.3 E.3 // The gift of family, an oral history with Joel Austin, hosted by Maryam Jamal

Society considers starting a family a big milestone in life. Often it is treated as an achievement or even a requirement. This oral history interview with Joel Austin looks at family in a unique light. With society's expectations and the responsibilities that come with having children with a partner, Joel reminds us that life is a blessing and to cherish the relationships we have. This episode was hosted, recorded, and produced by Maryam Jamal as part of Reckoning and Repair Season 3, "Black ...

Apr 18, 2025

15 min

S.3 E.4 // Anandabai Joshee's Thesis: The First Feminist Medical Ethnography?

Anandibai Joshee was the first South Asian woman to receive a degree in Western medicine in 1886 from the Women's College of Medicine of Pennsylvania, now known as the Drexel University School of Medicine. This speculative history and experimental audio piece by Mariam Rizvi brings life to the words of Anandibai's revolutionary 1886 thesis, exploring the dreams she carried for the field of obstetrics in Philadelphia in what may have been the very first insider feminist medical ethnography rec...

Apr 18, 2025

14 min

S.3 E.5 // Reconstructing the Culture of Birth Through the Lens of Nurse-Midwifery, a conversation with midwife Sarah Logan and Catherine Ellis

In this episode, Catherine Ellis speaks with Sarah Logan about paternalism and trauma in obstetrics, particularly the labor and delivery process, and how nurse-midwives, birthing people, and their communities can rebuild the current culture of birth in America. This episode was hosted, recorded, and produced by Catherine Ellis as part of Reckoning and Repair Season 3, "Black reproduction & justice in Philly," a set of immersive oral histories and multimedia figurations that engage with re...

Apr 18, 2025

13 min

S.3 E.7 // Black Girls in Color

An experimental audio piece by Latoya Briscoe, based on a visit with the girls of we.REIGN, Inc This piece was hosted, recorded, and produced by Latoya Briscoe as part of Reckoning and Repair Season 3, "Black reproduction & justice in Philly," a set of immersive oral histories and multimedia figurations that engage with reproductive justice in Philly, drawing from the "Reproduction, Justice, and Care: Listening in Philly" course co-taught by Dr. Alissa Jordan and Dr. Daniela Brisset...

Apr 18, 2025

2 min

S2.E5 // El Arte de Recordar: Una Historia Oral con el Artista Marcelo Brodsky

Hablando sobre la desaparición, Marcelo Brodsky comparte cómo su pasión por la fotografía y el arte floreció en medio de las dolorosas realidades de la última dictadura militar de Argentina. Exiliado y llorando la pérdida de su hermano y amigos entre las 30.000 víctimas, el regreso a casa de Brodsky lo vio canalizando el dolor en un impactante activismo artístico. Proyectos como Buena Memoria y Parque de la Memoria, las obras de Brodsky, lidian con las cicatrices de la violencia sancionada po...

Dec 10, 2024

40 min

S.2 E.6// Las Paredes Tienen Ojos: Una Historia Oral con Cabaio Spirito

De escapismo a pasión, el viaje de Cabaio Spirito en el arte callejero comenzó en medio de la crisis económica de Argentina. Después de sus turnos en el restaurante, Cabaio y su amigo Nico descubren el estarcido; transforman las calles en lienzos. Al principio, se percibe como vandalismo. Pero en una exhibición en un sótano de Palermo, una epifanía: ¿puede un hobby ser arte? ¿Puede llegar a lo más profundo y despertar algo más? A medida que Buenos Aires abraza el muralismo, la obra de Cabaio ...

Dec 10, 2024

50 min

S.2 Episode 4 // The Walls Have Eyes: A Muralist’s Vision of Hope with Cabaio Spirito - Voiced by Ian Zang

Cabaio Spirito is a street artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He began painting in the streets following the Argentine economic crisis of 2001 as part of the stencil collective Vomito Attack, a politically motivated group who used stencil art to unleash political commentary and anti-consumerist messages throughout Buenos Aires. Departing from Vomito Attack in 2005, he adopted the name Cabaio Stencil and began creating independently. Known for his immensely colorful collage-style murals, Cab...

Dec 10, 2024

10 min