Black Thought 2.0: New Media and the Future of Black Studies | Duke University, April 6-7 2012

Black Thought 2.0: New Media and the Future of Black Studies
April 6-7,2012DukeUniversityThe John HopeFranklin Center
Black Thought 2.0 willfocus on the roles of digital technology and social media in furthering themission of Black Studies. The conference will specifically explore how scholarsare using technologies to further their research, do collaborative forms of scholarshipand activism, and to reach broader audiences.*All panels will be streamed and tweeted live

Friday April 6, 2012
Reception—5:30pmJohn HopeFranklin Center Gallery Space
Keynote Address—7:00 pm
BlackFutures: Doing Black Studies in a Connected World
S. Craig Watkins (Universityof Texas at Austin, author The Young& the Digital)
Introduced by Wahneema Lubiano (Associate Chair ofAfrican & African American Studies, Duke University)  
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Panel #1 9-10:15 amThe Chocolate Supa Highway: Precursors to Black Social Media
Abdul Alkalimat (University of Illinois)Michelle Ferrier (ElonUniversity)Lynne d Johnson (Director ofStrategy & Engagement at Whisprgroup)Lee D. Baker (Moderator, DukeUniversity)
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Panel #2 10:30-11:45On the Grid: Teaching and Researching in the DigitalAge 
Allison Clark (FounderAMedia1/HASTAC)Kim Pearson (College of NewJersey)Simone Browne (Universityof Texas at Austin)Howard Rambsy II (SouthernIllinois University at Edwardsville)Thomas F. DeFrantz (Moderator,Duke University)
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Noon-1:15 | Working Lunch—Social Media Demonstration
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Panel #3 1:30-2:45 pmFrom Jena Louisiana to Tahrir Square: Activism in the Age ofSocial Media
Jasiri X (Pittsburg basedartist & activist)Alexis Pauline Gumbs (BrokenBeautiful Press/Mobile Homecoming Project)Moya Bailey (EmoryUniversity/Crunk Feminist Collective)Kimberly Ellis aka Dr.Goddess (artist, activist, historian)Salamishah Tillett (Universityof Pennsylvania)Treva Lindsey (Moderator,University of Missouri)
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Panel #4 3:00-4:30The Twitterati and Twitter-gentsia: Social Media and PublicIntellectuals
Marc Lamont Hill (ColumbiaUniversity/Our World with BlackEnterprise)Jay Smooth (Editor of IllDoctrine)Blair LM Kelley (NorthCarolina State University)Latoya Peterson (Editor ofRacialicious)Imani Perry (PrincetonUniversity)Mark Anthony Neal (Moderator,Duke University)
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