Associat Professor Meya Elizabeth Hargett, MA EdD CANDIDATE
Diasporic Soundscapes / Genre
Diasporic Soundscapes / Genre
Artifact: Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness Remix Intro)
Opens the journey. Establishes Diasporic sonic identity and prepares viewers for interpretation rather than consumption.
Diasporic Heritage / Identity
Diasporic Heritage / Identity
Artifact: My Hair Is My Heritage (Jessie B)
Establishes lineage, continuity, cultural inheritance, and Diasporic memory through visual expressions of identity.
Diasporic Recognition / Belonging
Diasporic Recognition / Belonging
Artifact: Sanyia Hallway Reel
Demonstrates immediate cultural recognition, belonging, and shared understanding through unspoken visual communication.
Diasporic Access / Opportunity
Diasporic Access / Opportunity
Artifact: Research Access and Opportunity at a Predominantly White Institution
Examines access to knowledge production, research participation, and institutional pathways often unavailable to marginalized communities.
Black Excellence / Visibility
Black Excellence / Visibility
Artifact: Frederick McKinley Jones
Highlights innovation, achievement, and the politics of recognition within historical narratives.
Black Intellectual Labor / Appropriation
Black Intellectual Labor / Appropriation
Artifact: Freedom House Ambulance Service
Demonstrates how Black innovation becomes foundational while attribution and historical recognition become obscured.
Black Political Refusal / Structural Opposition
Black Political Refusal / Structural Opposition
Artifact: Captain Paul Cuffe
Centers resistance, citizenship, taxation, and opposition to inequitable systems of governance.
Black Techno-Vernacular / Social Semiotic Language
Black Techno-Vernacular / Social Semiotic Language
Artifact: Crazy A$$ Racists FAFO. Caught. Confronted. Crushed.
Demonstrates language as cultural knowledge, identity formation, and Diasporic meaning-making.
Commodification / Cultural Extraction
Commodification / Cultural Extraction
Artifact: I’ll Call Your Mama Trend
Examines how Black-created cultural forms circulate beyond their originating communities while often becoming detached from their cultural roots.
Diasporic Erasure / Metaphor
Diasporic Erasure / Metaphor
Artifact: Computer World
Uses overlapping voices as a metaphor for obscured contributions, historical displacement, and Diasporic erasure.
Black Communal Joy / Recontextualization
Black Communal Joy / Recontextualization
Artifact: End-of-School-Year Teacher Celebration
Reclaims collective celebration as a meaningful expression of achievement, community, and cultural affirmation.
Diasporic Joy / Implicit Meanings
Diasporic Joy / Implicit Meanings
Artifact: Ladies Night Classroom Dance
Demonstrates how joy, affirmation, belonging, and shared cultural understanding are communicated without explicit explanation.
Voice and Visibility / Recognition
Voice and Visibility / Recognition
Artifact: The Sound of Silence
Synthesizes the journey through voice, silence, recognition, recovery, and visibility by asking who is heard, who is unseen, and how recognition is produced.
Original DIASPORIC Frameworks Abscence-in-Presence and Presence-in-Abscence
References
American Experience PBS. (n.d.). Captain Paul Cuffe’s historic battle against taxation [Instagram reel].
Ball, T. (n.d.). The sound of silence [Music video].
FBA Legacy. (n.d.). Freedom House Ambulance Service [Facebook video].
Gates, H. L., Jr. (2013). The signifying monkey: A theory of African American literary criticism (25th anniversary ed.). Oxford University Press.
Guthrie, B. (n.d.). End-of-school-year teacher celebration [Instagram reel].
Hall, S. (1990). Cultural identity and diaspora. In J. Rutherford (Ed.), Identity: Community, culture, difference (pp. 222–237). Lawrence & Wishart.
Hargett, M. E. (2025). The Nefertiti Effect: A framework for Diasporic recognition, visibility, and historical recovery [Unpublished manuscript].
hooks, b. (1992). Black looks: Race and representation. South End Press.
Jessie B. (n.d.). My hair is my heritage (BAP SUNRAE mix) [Music video].
Kids & Company. (n.d.). Ladies Night classroom dance [Facebook reel].
Kraftwerk. (1981). Computer World [Music video].
Rakim, & Eric B. (1987). Paid in full (Seven minutes of madness remix) [Music recording].
Rolan Marin Unfiltered. (n.d.). Crazy A$$ Racists FAFO. Caught. Confronted. Crushed. [YouTube video].
Sanyia. (n.d.). Hallway recognition and belonging [TikTok video].
stuckonaneyelnd. (n.d.). Research access and opportunity in academic spaces [Instagram reel].
That Teacher Ms. Pinckney. (n.d.). I’ll call your mama [Social media audio trend].
TheWhiteGeorge. (n.d.). Frederick McKinley Jones and Black excellence [Social media video].
White, B. W. (1970). Internal colonialism and ghetto revolt. Social Science Quarterly, 51(1), 1–9.