Abstract
This care syllabus was first presented at the 2023 conference for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Building from the Rubble: Centering Care, in Austin, Texas, as part of an interactive workshop titled, “Black Water Women Collective: A Theatre of Care.” The session, chaired by Dr. Mysia Anderson (UC San Diego), sought to consider the ways theatre has and can operate as a space for reflection, healing, and collective reconsideration for Black women. Across the African Diaspora, the element of water has been a conduit for such intentions, and our session conjured its cross-generational embodied epistemologies as they appeared in works and ways of Black theatre. The goals of the session were to create a space that embodied care through Black feminist rituals, performances, and studying and creating care together; to support academics, artists, and activists who believe that theatre, theory, art, and spirit can reside in one place; and to share works of care and pedagogies of care.
Keywords: ATHE, Black Women, African Diaspora, embodied care, Black Women Healing, Centering Care
How to Cite:
Anderson, M., Tallie, M. E., Green, O. & Mercer, N. A., (2024) “Black Water Women Collective: A Theatre of Care Syllabus (Redux)”, the Black Theatre Review 3(1), 79-91. doi: https://doi.org/10.2458/tbtr.6215
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