Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin: A historical musical that examines black identity in the 1901 World's Fair
阿玛· Y·盖蒂-塔戈·库廷: 在 1901 年世界博览会上考验黑人身份的历史音乐剧
Scholar and artist Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin transforms historical material about black identity into theatrical performances. Full bio
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and cartons of old stuff.
patient enough to dig through it,
想好好在其中挖掘的人,
the precious opportunity
dead and buried deeply in the archive.
的经历中,去感受,去学习。
to bring the archive to life?
is thinking wrong about race."
“这个世界对种族的想法是错误的。”
upon judging the Negro."
“这个国家坚持要去评判黑人。”
and most vicious representatives."
becomes accessible to everyone.
the archive look like?
simply based on a true story
真实故事的表演,
to come face-to-face
were once dead and buried.
a new musical we're developing,
from over 30 archival institutions,
of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition,
泛美博览会的大量档案,
of the 20th century,
第一届世界博览会,
then-US president, William McKinley,
美国总统威廉·麦金利,
and the archive of this fair,
和它的档案里摸索,
life-and-death racial drama
Disney World, the Olympics,
of what it meant to be black
旨在表现在美国
白人表演家为我们展示了
and Central Africans,
called Darkest Africa.
black performers,
called Old Plantation.
被称为“旧种植园” 的战前景点。
the third display of blackness:
关于黑人的展出:
scholar W.E.B. Du Bois,
W.E.B.杜波伊斯共同签署,
charts, books and more,
照片、图表、书籍等,
as a high-achieving race,
是一个了不起的种族,
和获得进步的能力。
of the African diaspora
from Ghana, West Africa,
elite school as Du Bois,
effectively pitted
实际上有效地导致了
against the Southerner,
against the African.
of black folk navigate this experience?
是如何在这样的体验中探寻自我的?
had answers to questions like this
and worse -- silence.
旧报纸中的音乐旋律,
of old newspaper articles.
on its fairgrounds,
spectacular musical theater,
the archival story of the 1901 fair
从箱子里搬出来,带给我们
这样的故事。
these "coon" minstrel shows
实现他们每周五赚美元的梦想,
five-dollar-a-week dream
of the human zoo
of the black Buffalo elite,
of her home town.
占统治地位的种族
vicious representatives."
and Darkest Africa.
和“最黑暗的非洲”。
intelligent and worthy classes."
更具有价值的阶层。“
ignored Mary Talbert
无视玛丽·塔尔伯特,以及
request to participate in the fair,
对参加博览会的请求,
African American women
非裔女性俱乐部成员
鼓舞人心的抗议集会。
of Mary's speech
重现了玛丽演说的精髓,
我们必须团结一心。
in this Pan-American exposition,
泛美博览会上被听见,
that the Negro Exhibit come to the fair.
把黑人展带进了世博会。
behind why Du Bois cocreated it ...
杜波依斯为什么要合作创作它的故事……
felt it was urgently needed.
为什么认为这已迫在眉睫。
wrong about race.
想法是错误的。”
for who they thought he was.
萨姆·霍斯的身份而杀了他。
若抓住他,将处以私刑]】
he will be lynched if caught]
不公正的法律吗?
就能反抗暴力吗?
【煮熟】 【肝脏】
how the United States today
as 1901 America.
怎样相似的十字路口。
filled newspapers back then,
萨姆·霍斯的名字一样,
(2009 年被警察枪杀的黑人男性)
(2012 年被警车撞死的黑人女性)
(2012 年被枪杀的黑人男性)
(2015 年莫名死于狱中的黑人女性)
遗留问题依然存在,
of Colored Women
也是命(Black Lives Matter)”运动。
started Black Lives Matter.
people who fought for
为了开办黑人展
four years after the fair,
for the creation of the NAACP.
协进会的成立奠定了基础。
at the 1901 fair.
有过非凡的经历。
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin - Scholar, artistScholar and artist Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin transforms historical material about black identity into theatrical performances.
Why you should listen
Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin is currently developing At Buffalo, a musical theatre piece created from historical records documenting representations of black experience at the 1901 World's Fair in Buffalo, New York. It exposes the impacts such performances still have on our everyday enactments of racial and national identity.
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