Jasmine Mahmoud, PhD is an assistant professor whose research and teaching interests include artistic practices, race, cultural policy, and urbanism. An urban ethnographer, her work centers upon theater and performance studies, political economy, inclusive neighborhood processes and more. Jasmine has published articles and reviews in Modern Drama, Performance Research, TDR: The Drama Review, and Women & Performance. She also curated Black Lives, Black Arts (St. Louis) and Spectacular Labor (Chicago). An assistant editor of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, Jasmine also co-founded The Arts Politic; finally, from 2014 to 2016, she served as an Arts Corps board member.
CENTERING WISDOM
Reflection:This video is about bodies in action. What meaning do we attach to bodies; what meaning have others placed on your body and how does that perspective change your understanding of your body?
Reflection: Dr. Mahmound identifies aesthetics as perception. In what ways are perceptions our reality? And, what is reality if only left to our perceptions?
Activity:Dr. Mahmoud asks you to consider your thoughts on two people shaking hands. Spend time shaking hands with people in the room. Consider the assumptions that you made based on these handshakes. Why did you make these assumptions? How does this shift your interactions with this person?