Kami Fletcher's guest appearances

Kami Fletcher

Hey Human Podcast

Grief Out Loud

The Death Studies Podcast

Kevin Clark

Justin Perry

Cameron Esposito

BJ Miller

Katie Arnold

James Swanwick

Jeff Porter

Ayanna Howard

Buck Angel

Trevor Valle

Michael Wood

Evander Holyfield

Melissa Hogan

David Kessler

Jermaine Jackson

OwlTail

Dr. Kami Fletcher is an Associate Professor of American &amp; African American History and Co-Coordinator of Women’s and Gender Studies at Albright College. She teaches courses that explore the African experience in America and unpacks social and cultural U.S. history all at the intersection of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Her research centers on African American burial grounds, late 19th/early 20th century Black female and male undertakers, and contemporary Black grief and mourning. She is the co-editor of Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed which examines the internal and/or external drives among ethnic, religious, and racial groups to separate their dead (University Press of Mississippi, April 2020) She is currently working on Grave History: Death, Race &amp; Gender in Southern Cemeteries from Antebellum to the Post-Civil Rights Era  investigates the southern places where cemeteries take root as well as probe the interplay of southern history, culture, race, class, gender, and climate in these cities of the dead (University of Georgia Press). Currently, Dr. Fletcher is working on a manuscript that historicizes Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, the first Black owned and operated cemetery in Maryland. The book positions African American cemeteries as the point where life and death meet arguing that this meeting point is a symbol of Black freedom from White control. At the end of the show, Beth asks about one of the paintings on the wall behind Kami.  Kami’s lifemate, sociologist and artist Dr. Myron T. Strong, painted it.  It is entitled "Guardian".  If you are interested in seeing it or purchasing a print, you can do so at his website:  http://myrontstrong.weebly.com/store/p1/print-guardian.html For more on Dr. Fletcher visit her website: www.kamifletcher.weebly.comand/or contact her on Twitter using @kamifletcher36 Some of Dr. Fletcher’s other recent publications include: Fletcher, Kami and Tamara Waraschinski “Between Cultural Necrophilia &amp; African American Activism: Life &amp; Loss in the Age of COVID” In Death, Grief and Loss in the Context of COVID-19 edited by Panagiotis Pentaris. Routledge, August 2021. Fletcher, Kami. “Long Live Chill #LLC: Exploring Grief, Memorial &amp; Ritual in African American R.I.P.     T- shirt Culture.” In Beyond the Veil: Reflexive Study of Death and Dying, edited by Kalliopi Christoduoulaki and Aubrey Thamann, New York: Berghahn Books, May 2021. To find out about the Death and Culture conference we mention in the introduction, see here. To cite this episode, you can use the following citation: Fletcher, K. (2022) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 12 January 2022. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.18272015--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedeathstudiespodcast/message

<a href="https://www.albright.edu/faculty-detail/kami-fletcher-ph-d/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Kami Fletcher</a> is an Associate Professor of American &amp; African American History and Co-Coordinator of <a href="https://www.albright.edu/academic/undergraduate-programs/womens-gender-studies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women’s and Gender Studies</a> at Albright College. She teaches courses that explore the African experience in America and unpacks social and cultural U.S. history all at the intersection of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Her research centers on African American burial grounds, late 19th/early 20th century Black female and male undertakers, and contemporary Black grief and mourning. She is the co-editor of <a href="https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Till-Death-Do-Us-Part" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed</a> which examines the internal and/or external drives among ethnic, religious, and racial groups to separate their dead (University Press of Mississippi, April 2020) She is currently working on Grave History: Death, Race &amp; Gender in Southern Cemeteries from Antebellum to the Post-Civil Rights Era  investigates the southern places where cemeteries take root as well as probe the interplay of southern history, culture, race, class, gender, and climate in these cities of the dead (University of Georgia Press). Currently, Dr. Fletcher is working on a manuscript that historicizes Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, the first Black owned and operated cemetery in Maryland. The book positions African American cemeteries as the point where life and death meet arguing that this meeting point is a symbol of Black freedom from White control. At the end of the show, Beth asks about one of the paintings on the wall behind Kami.  Kami’s lifemate, sociologist and artist Dr. Myron T. Strong, painted it.  It is entitled "Guardian".  If you are interested in seeing it or purchasing a print, you can do so at his website:  <a href="http://myrontstrong.weebly.com/store/p1/print-guardian.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://myrontstrong.weebly.com/store/p1/print-guardian.html</a> For more on Dr. Fletcher visit her website: <a href="http://www.kamifletcher.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kamifletcher.weebly.com</a>and/or contact her on Twitter using @kamifletcher36 Some of Dr. Fletcher’s other recent publications include: Fletcher, Kami and Tamara Waraschinski “Between Cultural Necrophilia &amp; African American Activism: Life &amp; Loss in the Age of COVID” In <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Death-Grief-and-Loss-in-the-Context-of-COVID-19/Pentaris/p/book/9780367647322#:~:text=Through%20three%20parts%3A%20Reconsidering%20Death,meaning%2Dmaking%2C%20performing%20rites%20and" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Death, Grief and Loss in the Context of COVID-19</a> edited by Panagiotis Pentaris. Routledge, August 2021. Fletcher, Kami. “Long Live Chill #LLC: Exploring Grief, Memorial &amp; Ritual in African American R.I.P.     T- shirt Culture.” In <a href="https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/ThamannBeyond/loc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beyond the Veil: Reflexive Study of Death and Dying</a>, edited by Kalliopi Christoduoulaki and Aubrey Thamann, New York: Berghahn Books, May 2021. To find out about the Death and Culture conference we mention in the introduction, see <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/research/death-and-culture/events/dciv/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. To cite this episode, you can use the following citation: Fletcher, K. (2022) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 12 January 2022. Available at: <a href="http://www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com</a>, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.18272015--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/thedeathstudiespodcast/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/thedeathstudiespodcast/message</a>

The Death Studies Podcast - Episode 5 - Dr Kami Fletcher

How do historic and present-day death rituals and funeral practices in the Black community serve as acts of resistance? Dr. Kami Fletcher is a historian and death scholar whose research focuses on the history of African American deathways and deathwork. She is an Associate professor of American &amp; African American History at Albright College and the President of The Collective for Radical Death Studies. We talk about a lot in this episode, including the oldest African American cemetery, Mt. Auburn, the ways the institution of slavery suppressed African American death rituals, how funeral practices in the Black community serve as acts of resistance, and how the modern-day practice of RIP t-shirts played a role in Dr. Fletcher’s personal grief after her cousin Willie died in 2017.    Follow Dr. Fletcher on Twitter (@kamifletcher36)    The Collective for Radical Death Studies  Dr. Fletcher’s most recent book - Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed

How do historic and present-day death rituals and funeral practices in the Black community serve as acts of resistance? <a href="https://radicaldeathstudies.com/people/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Kami Fletcher</a> is a historian and death scholar whose research focuses on the history of African American deathways and deathwork. She is an Associate professor of American &amp; African American History at Albright College and the President of <a href="https://radicaldeathstudies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Collective for Radical Death Studies.</a> We talk about a lot in this episode, including the oldest African American cemetery, Mt. Auburn, the ways the institution of slavery suppressed African American death rituals, how funeral practices in the Black community serve as acts of resistance, and how the modern-day practice of RIP t-shirts played a role in Dr. Fletcher’s personal grief after her cousin Willie died in 2017.   Follow Dr. Fletcher on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/kamifletcher36" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@kamifletcher36</a>)   <a href="https://radicaldeathstudies.com/about-crds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Collective for Radical Death Studies </a> Dr. Fletcher’s most recent book - <a href="https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Till-Death-Do-Us-Part" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed</a>

Ep. 156: Death As Resistance - Dr. Kami Fletcher

E185 History professor, death studies scholar and author human Dr. Kami Fletcher is an Associate professor of American &amp; African American History at Albright College and President of The Collective for Radical Death Studies. She’s co-author of “Real Business: Maryland’s First Black Cemetery Journeys into the Enterprise of Death, 1807 – 1920,” and the forthcoming […]

Dr. Kami Fletcher: Homegoin’ and Death as Resistance