James Padilioni's guest appearances

James Padilioni

Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcast

Wild Mind Podcast

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J.T. Roane

Mark Padoongpatt

Calvin Warren

Alfie Bown

Simone Kolysh

Joanna Steinhardt

Eugene Thacker

Mary Hawkesworth

James Chamberlain

Charles Mills

Amy Allen

Anna L. Tsing

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Rosa Luxemburg

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In this special crossover episode of Epistemic Unruliness, James sat down with Kaitlin Smith, the founder of the Wild Mind Collective and host of their podcast, for an intimate conversation focusing on the spiritual praxis of critical cultural studies. The pair discussed the inspiration behind Epistemic Unruliness and the interpersonal relationships between Always Already hosts, James’s pursuit of African Diasporic ethnohistorical research through an ancestral methodology of co-presence, and the relationship between the Black radical tradition and Black mystic and gnostic practices. Thanks to Kaitlin for letting us cross-post the episode here on AAP! http://media.blubrry.com/wildmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/wildmindpodcast/WMP_007_Visionary_Scholarship_Beyond_Recognition_with_the_Ancestors_feat_James_Padilioni.mp3

In this special crossover episode of Epistemic Unruliness, James sat down with <a href="https://www.wildmindcollective.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kaitlin Smith</a>, the founder of the <a href="https://www.wildmindcollective.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wild Mind Collective</a> and host of their podcast, for an <a href="https://www.wildmindcollective.com/wmp-007-visionary-scholarship-beyond-recognition-with-the-ancestors-feat-james-padillioni/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">intimate conversation</a> focusing on the spiritual praxis of critical cultural studies. The pair discussed the inspiration behind Epistemic Unruliness and the interpersonal relationships between Always Already hosts, James’s pursuit of African Diasporic ethnohistorical research through an ancestral methodology of co-presence, and the relationship between the Black radical tradition and Black mystic and gnostic practices. Thanks to Kaitlin for letting us cross-post the episode here on AAP! <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/wildmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/wildmindpodcast/WMP_007_Visionary_Scholarship_Beyond_Recognition_with_the_Ancestors_feat_James_Padilioni.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://media.blubrry.com/wildmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/wildmindpodcast/WMP_007_Visionary_Scholarship_Beyond_Recognition_with_the_Ancestors_feat_James_Padilioni.mp3</a>

James Padilioni on the Wild Mind Collective: Visionary Scholarship Beyond Recognition with the Ancestors

Home About Blog Podcast Community Subscribe Contact         Never Miss a Beat!Join the mailing list to receive updates about new blog posts, podcast episodes, and other offerings. Success!  						First Name 						 					  						Last Name 						 					  						Email 						 					   							 							Subscribe 						  In this episode, I interview Dr. James Padilioni, now Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Swarthmore College and co-host of the Always Already Podcast—a podcast that explores a range of theoretical traditions including critical theory as well as people and projects animated by such ideas.   In this conversation, we discuss:  (1) The inspiration for his podcast series “Epistemic Unruliness” (2) How a deep connection with the ancestors lies at the core of his scholarly work (3) How he counters scholarly misrecognition and resistance through this ancestral consciousness  Key Quotations:  “Black radicals, generally, have always had this mystic orientation to them because the mystic and the critical person both agree in this: that this world can’t be all there is, there has to be something more. Even if we have to create that something more, there has to be something more because this ain’t workin’ right here”    “I don’t feel a need…for people, living people, to understand me. I’m okay with being a little cryptic sometimes. I’m okay with being a little gnostic in my writing because I’m not going to engage the constant atmosphere of translation and explanation…because at some point that becomes its own kind of epistemic violence. In my heart, my spirit, my ancestors know what I’m talking about and in a way, they’re the ones I’m writing writing for”    Key Themes:    James’ work as a co-host of the Always Already Podcast and co-creator of the “Epistemic Unruliness” segment How he and his co-hosts have drawn inspiration from Walter Mignolo’s notion of “epistemic disobedience” Learning from guests about nontraditional methodologies for teaching about social difference (e.g. meditation)  The need to rethink our political premises and conceptions of resistance by interrogating the cosmologies behind them The complexity of engaging in healing arts as a means of addressing social pain rather than resisting in prescribed ways  How Yoruba cosmology can be leveraged as a resource for advancing intergenerational transformative justice How enslaved Africans’ pursuit of freedom disrupts prevailing conceptions of knowledge and learning processes The mystical concept of “anemnesis” (a Platonic notion about remembering things from before you were born) as one that helps to illuminate the depth of black humanity and the origins of the knowledge of freedom The longstanding connection between black radicalism and mysticism How James works on behalf of ancestors including Martin de Porres, Jose Antonio Aponte, and Ursula de Jesus  How James embraces “opacity” and shapes his academic work with his ancestors as a primary audience   Resources:   The Always Already Podcast Karen Barad, Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning  Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project Daniel Colucciello-Barber, Deleuze and the Naming of God: Post-Secularism and the Future of Immanence Dogon astronomy and cosmology (video) Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African American Literary Criticism Stephen Greenblatt, “Towards a Poetics of Culture” Walter Mignolo, “Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and De-Colonial Freedom” in Theory, Culture &amp; Society Fred Moten, Blackness and Nothingness (Mysticism in the Flesh) James Padilioni, “Cosmological Queerness Across the Yoruba Diaspora” in Black Perspectives Kevin Quashie, The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture Jared Sexton, Amalgamation Schemes: Antiblackness and the Critique of Multiracialism Christina Sharpe, In the Wake: On Blackness and Being Hortense Spillers, Black, White, and in Color: Essays on American Literature and Culture Sylvia Wynter, The Hills of Hebron

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In this conversation, we discuss: (1) The inspiration for his podcast series “Epistemic Unruliness” (2) How a deep connection with the ancestors lies at the core of his scholarly work (3) How he counters scholarly misrecognition and resistance through this ancestral consciousness Key Quotations: <blockquote> “Black radicals, generally, have always had this mystic orientation to them because the mystic and the critical person both agree in this: that this world can’t be all there is, there has to be something more. Even if we have to create that something more, there has to be something more because this ain’t workin’ right here”  </blockquote> <blockquote> “I don’t feel a need…for people, living people, to understand me. I’m okay with being a little cryptic sometimes. I’m okay with being a little gnostic in my writing because I’m not going to engage the constant atmosphere of translation and explanation…because at some point that becomes its own kind of epistemic violence. In my heart, my spirit, my ancestors know what I’m talking about and in a way, they’re the ones I’m writing writing for” </blockquote> Key Themes: <ul> <li>James’ work as a co-host of the Always Already Podcast and co-creator of the “Epistemic Unruliness” segment</li> <li>How he and his co-hosts have drawn inspiration from Walter Mignolo’s notion of “epistemic disobedience”</li> <li>Learning from guests about nontraditional methodologies for teaching about social difference (e.g. meditation) </li> <li>The need to rethink our political premises and conceptions of resistance by interrogating the cosmologies behind them</li> <li>The complexity of engaging in healing arts as a means of addressing social pain rather than resisting in prescribed ways </li> <li>How Yoruba cosmology can be leveraged as a resource for advancing intergenerational transformative justice</li> <li>How enslaved Africans’ pursuit of freedom disrupts prevailing conceptions of knowledge and learning processes</li> <li>The mystical concept of “anemnesis” (a Platonic notion about remembering things from before you were born) as one that helps to illuminate the depth of black humanity and the origins of the knowledge of freedom </li> <li>The longstanding connection between black radicalism and mysticism</li> <li>How James works on behalf of ancestors including Martin de Porres, Jose Antonio Aponte, and Ursula de Jesus </li> <li>How James embraces “opacity” and shapes his academic work with his ancestors as a primary audience</li> </ul> Resources: <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Always Already Podcast</a> Karen Barad, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082233917X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;linkId=d5f1aa594b648bed7eb92198a6e8f234&amp;language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning</a> Walter Benjamin, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arcades-Project-Walter-Benjamin/dp/0674008022/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537644901&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Walter+benjamin+arcades+project&amp;dpID=51M540P35DL&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;linkId=7a1f28bcca7774ec91c4bdcfe784c1ef&amp;language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Arcades Project</a> Daniel Colucciello-Barber, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0748699783/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0748699783&amp;linkId=88225bd5f2ff0efab656fe71498ba20a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deleuze and the Naming of God: Post-Secularism and the Future of Immanence</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5useSIUUwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dogon astronomy and cosmology </a>(video) Frantz Fanon, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802143008/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0802143008&amp;linkId=5fff5ffc53c14f63b55e5df457e5378f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Skin, White Masks </a>Henry Louis Gates, Jr., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Signifying-Monkey-American-Literary-Criticism/dp/0195136470/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537645086&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Henry+louis+gates+signifying+monkey&amp;dpID=51fKH3vNnOL&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;linkId=d238ee90274653e8f2ff2529c261f7a4&amp;language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African American Literary Criticism</a> Stephen Greenblatt, <a href="http://mams.rmit.edu.au/2sawqvmpgbko.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Towards a Poetics of Culture” </a>Walter Mignolo, <a href="http://waltermignolo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/epistemicdisobedience-2.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and De-Colonial Freedom”</a> in <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/home/tcs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Theory, Culture &amp; Society</a> Fred Moten, <a href="https://read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlantic-quarterly/article-abstract/112/4/737/3685/Blackness-and-Nothingness-Mysticism-in-the-Flesh?redirectedFrom=PDF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blackness and Nothingness (Mysticism in the Flesh)</a> James Padilioni, <a href="https://www.aaihs.org/cosmological-queerness-across-the-yoruba-diaspora/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Cosmological Queerness Across the Yoruba Diaspora”</a> in <a href="https://www.aaihs.org/black-perspectives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Perspectives </a><a href="https://read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlantic-quarterly/article-abstract/112/4/737/3685/Blackness-and-Nothingness-Mysticism-in-the-Flesh?redirectedFrom=PDF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Quashie, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ABG71IW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00ABG71IW&amp;linkId=da099e368aa10d18750ccc27e1b007e4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture</a> Jared Sexton, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816651051/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0816651051&amp;linkId=2eb691e96b0163a89587764b2bda51ea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amalgamation Schemes: Antiblackness and the Critique of Multiracialism </a>Christina Sharpe, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wake-Blackness-Being-Christina-Sharpe/dp/0822362945/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;linkId=010d7ed1df0f05a6d9f6d9bd1b75c1ac&amp;language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Wake: On Blackness and Being </a>Hortense Spillers, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226769801/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0226769801&amp;linkId=227d0c16d5c31fe39e925c30a5dcf620" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black, White, and in Color: Essays on American Literature and Culture </a>Sylvia Wynter, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hills-Hebron-Sylvia-Wynter/dp/9766372578/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1542642546&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=sylvia+wynter&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=wildmindcolle-20&amp;linkId=dce39c77484b05b5849094c504821398&amp;language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hills of Hebron</a>

WMP #007: Visionary Scholarship Beyond Recognition with the Ancestors feat. James Padilioni

Join John as he interviews James Padilioni Jr., a doctoral student in American Studies at the College of William and Mary. Building out from a discussion of Padilioni Jr.’s paper “Mortified but Incorruptible: The Radical Black Mysticism of St. Martín de Porres,” we learn about St. Martín, a mulato lay brother in the Dominican order in colonial Lima, Peru and how his practices as well as the cult that grew after his death open up ways to think about black radical aesthetics, theology, and political traditions in relation to colonial modernity. The conversation covers Spanish colonialism, the construction of racialized bodies, Catholic mysticism, the experience of blackness and a black dialectical struggle life, sainthood as a radical alternative practice and subjectivity, and time travelling with Hegel. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Advice questions to submit? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe on iTunes. Like our Facebook page. Get the mp3 here. RSS feed here. This episode’s music by B. https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/padilionijrinterview.mp3 Links!  Some basic info on St. Martín; the first major scholarly work on his life and history, by Celia Cussen Fred Moten’s In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition   James Padilioni Jr., on the roof of the monastery where St. Martín lived, el Convento de Santo Domingo

Join John as he interviews <a href="http://www.wm.edu/as/americanstudies/graduate/graddirectory/padilioni%20jr_j.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Padilioni Jr.</a>, a doctoral student in American Studies at the College of William and Mary. Building out from a discussion of Padilioni Jr.’s paper “Mortified but Incorruptible: The Radical Black Mysticism of St. Martín de Porres,” we learn about St. Martín, a mulato lay brother in the Dominican order in colonial Lima, Peru and how his practices as well as the cult that grew after his death open up ways to think about black radical aesthetics, theology, and political traditions in relation to colonial modernity. The conversation covers Spanish colonialism, the construction of racialized bodies, Catholic mysticism, the experience of blackness and a black dialectical struggle life, sainthood as a radical alternative practice and subjectivity, and time travelling with Hegel. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Advice questions to submit? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-already-podcast-episodes/id879272845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on iTunes</a>. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>. Get the mp3 <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/padilionijrinterview.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. RSS feed <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. This episode’s music by B. <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/padilionijrinterview.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/padilionijrinterview.mp3</a> Links! <ul> <li>Some <a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=306" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">basic info on St. Martín</a>; the first <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/latin-american-history/black-saint-americas-life-and-afterlife-martin-de-porres" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">major scholarly work</a> on his life and history, by Celia Cussen</li> <li>Fred Moten’s <a href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/in-the-break" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition</a> </li> </ul> <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/padilionijr.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>James Padilioni Jr., on the roof of the monastery where St. Martín lived, el Convento de Santo Domingo