IMPORTANT
TODAY Lunch & Learn: Jazz and Justice
An American Art Form as Civic Deliberation
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 · 12 - 1 PM
Virtual
Join us this summer for a series of fun and educational virtual events for the UMBC community.
Students, faculty, and staff — bring your own lunch and stay connected with the UMBC academic community.
Celebrated trumpeter Wynton Marsalis calls jazz a model of participatory democracy and integration. Its performance as well as its complex history bridge the divides between art, rhetorical invention, and civic deliberation. At a time when democracies around the world are grappling with the immense challenges of polarization, wealth inequality, mistrust of institutions, and a media landscape that is as disorienting as it is informative, the history and vitality of jazz takes on a new importance. What does jazz teach us about navigating the issues that paralyze and fracture public consensus? Join members of UMBC's Interdisciplinary CoLab project team to learn some answers to these questions through their work with the Baltimore Jazz Society.
Bio:
Students at UMBC, Zachary Bradley, Bethan Cruise, and Adi Mwangi worked with Dr. Earl Brooks in this year's Interdisciplinary CoLab. Dr. Brooks is Assistant Professor of English and a musician, playing the saxophone. CoLab is a 4-week paid summer narrative-based research internship for undergraduate UMBC students. Participants create an effective narrative about UMBC’s campus, communities, and lives with an interdisciplinary team of students.