Black Spirits Matter: Locating Spaces of Spiritual Marronage

Presented by: School for Advanced Research (SAR Scholar Talks – 2025-26 Resident Fellows)
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: School for Advanced Research, 660 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Admission: Free (in‑person registration required)
Refund Policy: Refunds available up to 1 day before event

About the Talk:

Join Dr. N. Fadeke Castor for a program exploring how Afro‑Indigenous spiritual traditions can help us imagine a different future. Drawing on Black feminist ethnography, Indigenous studies, Black studies, Caribbean studies, and religious studies, Dr. Castor introduces the concept of “spiritual marronage” —intentional spaces of refuge and resistance rooted in African Indigenous cosmologies.

Through examples such as the United Maroon Indigenous Peoples and spiritual connections between Trinidad and Standing Rock, the talk shows how sacred practice and collective care offer alternatives to systems marked by racial violence and environmental crisis.

Attendees will be invited to consider what changes when we center spirit, land, and kinship as ways of knowing and as foundations for shared political life.

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