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Embracing the feral in Kingston, Jamaica’s concrete jungle · Global Voices

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By Isis Semaj-Hall
| Global Voices Verified
By Isis Semaj-Hall, PhD As a Jamaican writer-scholar, I am inclined to begin a discussion of Chain of Love: Rice and Peas Bush in Lower South Camp (2024), an ecological public artwork by visual artist Camille Chedda when and where Jamaican theorist Sylvia Wynter begins 530 years ago, in May of 1494 when the Tainos of Yamaye discovered Columbus and his men offshore in strange cloud-tipped canoes. This land’s first people could never have imagined the imposition and exploitation that was to come.
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Nobody Verzuz a Nation

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By Isis Semaj-Hall, Deb Raji
| Public Books
Verzuz is a Black digital product that debuted and flourished during the height of Trump-incensed white patriotism, increasing anti-Black and xenophobic rhetoric, mounting police violence against Black people in the United States and worldwide, and, consequently, increased Black Lives Matter street protests all across the globe. Taking off at the start of the pandemic, Verzuz is the online phenomenon of two Black musical performers competing live on social media.
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Building a Postcolonial Knowledge Commons

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By Greg Eow, Isis Semaj-Hall
| Public Books
What’s next for the digital humanities? And how might they be part of changing our collective futures? As universities across the country reach the end of this unprecedented year, Public Books and Digital Humanities at MIT present a four-part series examining the role of the digital in the life of scholars and societies.
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Jamaican Writers Are Finally Getting the Global Recognition They Deserve, March 2021

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By Isis Semaj-Hall
| Travel + Leisure Verified
Editor's Note: Travel might be complicated right now, but use our inspirational trip ideas to plan ahead for your next bucket-list adventure. Those who choose to travel are strongly encouraged to check local government restrictions, rules, and safety measures related to COVID-19 and take personal comfort levels and health conditions into consideration before departure.
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