Artist Jeannette Ehlers: Manifesting Black Resistance

Name: Artist Jeannette Ehlers: Manifesting Black Resistance
Uploaded: 2024
Duration: 26 min
Description: "Colonial structures are still ongoing, it's right now, in so many ways." Jeannette Ehlers urges us to confront what has been forgotten. Through her art, she engages with the enduring legacies and emotional afterlives of Denmark's colonial history in the Caribbean and its role in the transatlantic slave trade, a history erased from collective memory and dominant historical narratives.

202426 minHD★ 7.8Arts & Culture

"Colonial structures are still ongoing, it's right now, in so many ways." Jeannette Ehlers urges us to confront what has been forgotten. Through her art, she engages with the enduring legacies and emotional afterlives of Denmark's colonial history in the Caribbean and its role in the transatlantic slave trade, a history erased from collective memory and dominant historical narratives.

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