Kaché Claytor
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Affiliation
Academic Year
2024-2026
Project Title
Madre Tierra: Black Women and Environmental (In)Justice on the Pacific Coast of Colombia
Project Description
Kaché’s book explores Black Colombian women’s experiences with (illegal) mining to highlight the intersections of gender, class, race, space, time, and environment amid (un)natural catastrophe on the Pacific Coast of contemporary Colombia. While Black Colombians are displaced, dispossessed of land, and subjected to toxic environments, Black women employ performance (political, spiritual, and cultural) to advocate for human, territorial, and environmental rights.
Institution
Washington University, St. Louis, Romance Languages and Literatures