Reading List, 9/7/2025

kurata: the keeper of lists in the house of dread; aka, ms. ellaineous
close synonym: selecta (as in, wheel it up one more time); also: DJ
early 18th C.: one who gathers flora, fauna, people and objects to kurate escape; one who communes with modda earth; one who maps the stars.
21st C.: one who gathers flora, fauna, people, objects and stories in resistance to collective amnesia; one who loves our modda and seeks to conserve her; one who charts quantum riddim.

—The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante ...