Mapping diasporic rhythms
from Groovin' Griot Hosted by OreOluwa Badaki and Azsaneé Truss
Travel with us across the Black Atlantic with Deirdre Molloy, a dancer, ethnographer, and multimedia artist who specializes in Afro diasporic rhythms. We'll take you behind the scenes of Deirdre's Unity Map, unpack what rhythm codes are, and trace popular rhythms like tresillo across the globe...all while hanging out at our new favorite record store in Philly. Special thanks to Rashid Amon for showing us around Sook Vinyl and Vintage For our movement break, we'll take you to an event at Congo Square, New Orleans, hosted by the Congo Square Preservation Society. Buckle up, it's gonna be an exciting ride! Find more episode resources here Find episode transcript here Produced & edited by OreOluwa Badaki and Azsaneé Truss with support from the Digital Futures Institute (DFI) at Teachers College, Columbia University. Check out more DFI podcasts here. Don't miss the latest episodes from Season 2 of the Curriculum Encounters podcast with Drs. Jacqueline Simmons and Sarah Gerth van den Berg! Theme music: Unrest by ELPHNT on Directory.Audio Licensed under a creative commons attribution 3.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Follow us on Instagram @groovingriot
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- 0:00 GG Dee Molloy Ep_1.28.26
- 2:15 need musical transition or something about us finding stuff
- 3:14 Introduction
- 4:52 Finding and rooting in the Blues community
- 8:48 research technique: unity of dance and music
- 14:55 Movement Break
- 18:32 Importance of mapping
- 23:06 Mapping and naming rhythm
- 26:34 When rhythms cross the atlantic
- 30:12 What are you groovin to
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