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Emily Holloway & Amber Jamilla Musser [Lecture & Discussion] The Place Memory and Culture Incubator at Spitzer is pleased to invite all students, faculty, staff, and guests to the upcoming Presentation & Discussion / Q&A featuring Amber Jamilla Musser and Emily Holloway and moderated by jah elyse sayers.
This event will be held in person at the Spitzer School of Architecture, first floor, Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) and will occur this Thursday April 10th, 2025 at noon.
Amber Jamilla Musser is a professor of English and Africana studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She writes and researches at the intersections of race, sexuality, and aesthetics. In addition to writing art reviews for The Brooklyn Rail. She has published widely in queer studies, black feminism, psychoanalysis, and critical theory. She is the author of Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism (NYU Press, 2014), Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance (NYU Press,
2018), and Between Shadows and Noise: Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined (Duke University Press, 2024).
Emily Holloway, PhD, is the Associate Managing Editor of Urban Affairs Review and a postdoctoral fellow at Drexel University. Her book project, “Domino in the Longue Durée: Racial Capitalism and the Urban Question,” reconstructs the prehistory of the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, through the site’s connections to the Caribbean sugar plantation complex. She has a PhD in Geography from Clark University and a master’s degree in urban policy from Hunter College. She has worked with several different community development and urban research institutes in New York City and Philadelphia, including the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative, the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, and the Urban Heritage Project at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Najha Zigbi-Johnson [Lecture] Najha Zigbi-Johnson is a writer, educator, and cultural organizer. Her Harlem-based practice sits at intersections of the built environment, contemporary Black art, and social movement history. She is the editor of "Mapping Malcolm," a publication that brings together artists, transnational community leaders, and scholars who explore the politics of Black space-making.
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Interview with Melody Capote jah elyse sayers interviews Melody Capote (executive director, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute) in Melody's office at CCCADI on September 3, 2025.
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Presentation slides: "Archiving 101" workshop These slides guided a workshop meant to introduce participants to archiving and identify their own needs and next steps to care for their personal archives. The workshop was presented by Lester Liu and jah elyse sayers of the Place, Memory & Culture Incubator on November 15, 2025.
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Flyers for "Sou Sou! Saturdays: Crafting Memory, Building Legacy"
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Crafting Memory, Building Legacy: Photo Album
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Vendor Mentor Final Assignment for Exchange As Spatial Practice
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Tag You're It! Final Assignment for Exchange As Spatial Practice
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Storefront for Vendors Final Assignment Exchange As Spatial Practice
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Harlem Neighbors Contributor Aisha J. describes this photo as "Neighbors gathering in Harlem circa 1980s." Aisha contributed this image following the event "Crafting Memory, Building Legacy" on November 15, 2025. The image depicts four people, one of whom is "Dualeh, Somali seafarer."
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Interview with Glenn Hunter jah elyse sayers interviews Glenn Hunter, co-executive director of Harlem Cultural Archives Historical Society and lifelong Harlemite. He talks about his life growing up in Harlem and the community that made him who he is today.
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Interview with Lynn Kilgore Hendy jah elyse sayers interviews Lynn Elda Kilgore Hendy (treasurer, Save Harlem Now!) in the Hendy home on August 12, 2025. Lynn Kilgore Hendy is a retired television advertising sales and account manager, and local television ratings expert. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. At age one, Lynn moved from North Carolina to New York City, when her father, the Reverend Dr. Thomas Kilgore, Jr., was called to pastor the Friendship Baptist Church in Harlem. Lynn was greatly influenced by her father’s strong advocacy for civil rights and African American history. Since 1986, she and her family have owned and lived in a Harlem limestone townhouse, built in 1901.
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Syllabus: Yards, Yards, Yards Advanced Studio Fall 2024
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125th Street Elevation Midterm Project for Generative Histories Harlem Pt. 1
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125th Street Model Midterm Project for Generative Histories Harlem Pt.1
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Interview with Valerie Jo Bradley jah elyse sayers interviews Valerie Jo Bradley. Included: video excerpt from interview, full audio file, full transcript
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Interview with Sabine Blaizin Sabine Blaizin, Deputy Director and Head of Programs at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, sits down with jah elyse sayers, Research Associate at the Place, Memory & Culture Incubator, to discuss her cultural work and the experiences that brought her to it. She shares about her childhood in the Bronx, her Haitian roots, the family members that shaped her understanding of herself and the world, her art and spiritual journey, and the necessity of coalition-building strategies in protecting communities from displacement.
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Uptown Grand Central Pop-Up Exhibit Showcase for Generative histories Harlem pt. 1 students' final work temporarily displayed at Turnout NYC.
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Harlem Garden Games Midterm for Yards, Yards, Yards (Fall 2024)
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Flora Tales Midterm for Yards, Yards, Yards (Fall 2024)
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Garden of Ancestral Flora Midterm for Yards, Yards, Yards (Fall 2024)
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The Flavors of Harlem Midterm for Yards, Yards, Yards (Fall 2024)
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The Smells of Harlem Midterm for Yards, Yards, Yards (Fall 2024)
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Harlem Swap Midterm for Yards, Yards, Yards (Fall 2024)
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Soil Sampling Tool Kit Midterm for Yards, Yards, Yards (Fall 2024)