“Breonna Taylor Could Have Been Me”: Bearing Witness to Faith in Black (Feminist) Futurity at the Speed Art Museum’s <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i> Exhibit

This article explores the Speed Art Museum’s exhibit, <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i>, as a site of meaning-making in the wake of the state-sponsored killing of Breonna Taylor. The article focuses on how the curators engaged the felt sense of vu...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:46991855bae2439a9ba1be4711cf362d2021-11-25T18:53:04Z“Breonna Taylor Could Have Been Me”: Bearing Witness to Faith in Black (Feminist) Futurity at the Speed Art Museum’s <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i> Exhibit10.3390/rel121109802077-1444https://doaj.org/article/46991855bae2439a9ba1be4711cf362d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/980https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444This article explores the Speed Art Museum’s exhibit, <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i>, as a site of meaning-making in the wake of the state-sponsored killing of Breonna Taylor. The article focuses on how the curators engaged the felt sense of vulnerability to premature death among Black viewers identified with Taylor in ways that held in tension a crisis of faith in, and an insistence upon, Black futurity.Michael Brandon McCormackMDPI AGarticleBreonna Taylorthe Speed Art MuseumfaithfuturityReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 980, p 980 (2021)
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topic Breonna Taylor
the Speed Art Museum
faith
futurity
Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
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the Speed Art Museum
faith
futurity
Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
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Michael Brandon McCormack
“Breonna Taylor Could Have Been Me”: Bearing Witness to Faith in Black (Feminist) Futurity at the Speed Art Museum’s <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i> Exhibit
description This article explores the Speed Art Museum’s exhibit, <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i>, as a site of meaning-making in the wake of the state-sponsored killing of Breonna Taylor. The article focuses on how the curators engaged the felt sense of vulnerability to premature death among Black viewers identified with Taylor in ways that held in tension a crisis of faith in, and an insistence upon, Black futurity.
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title “Breonna Taylor Could Have Been Me”: Bearing Witness to Faith in Black (Feminist) Futurity at the Speed Art Museum’s <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i> Exhibit
title_short “Breonna Taylor Could Have Been Me”: Bearing Witness to Faith in Black (Feminist) Futurity at the Speed Art Museum’s <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i> Exhibit
title_full “Breonna Taylor Could Have Been Me”: Bearing Witness to Faith in Black (Feminist) Futurity at the Speed Art Museum’s <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i> Exhibit
title_fullStr “Breonna Taylor Could Have Been Me”: Bearing Witness to Faith in Black (Feminist) Futurity at the Speed Art Museum’s <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i> Exhibit
title_full_unstemmed “Breonna Taylor Could Have Been Me”: Bearing Witness to Faith in Black (Feminist) Futurity at the Speed Art Museum’s <i>Promise</i>, <i>Witness</i>, <i>Remembrance</i> Exhibit
title_sort “breonna taylor could have been me”: bearing witness to faith in black (feminist) futurity at the speed art museum’s <i>promise</i>, <i>witness</i>, <i>remembrance</i> exhibit
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