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		"title": "Fall",
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		"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/calendar/2228/fall/"
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	"id": "4245541",
	"title": "Kent Family Speaker Series featuring Dr. Amanda D. Concha\u002DHolmes",
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	"description": "\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJoin the UCF Department of Anthropology for the Kent Family Speaker Series featuring \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAmanda D. Concha\u002DHolmes, Ph.D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Applied Ecological and Visual Anthropologist and Founder and Director of the I.R.I.E. Center.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPresentation Title:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEvoking the Complexity of Black Lives in the US South: Excavating the Untold Stories\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDr. Amanda Concha\u002DHolmes introduces Evocative Ethnography, an interdisciplinary and community\u002Dbased methodology that combines scholarship, creative practice, and collaborative storytelling to challenge historical erasure and expand public understanding of Black life.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDrawing on her collaborative digital publication, \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEvoking the Complexity of Black Lives in the US South: Excavating the Untold Stories\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Concha\u002DHolmes explores how multimodal media, including art, animation, data visualization, mapping, and interactive narratives, can recover overlooked histories and foreground Black creativity, joy, resilience, and achievement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe presentation highlights how reimagining the past through innovative forms of ethnographic engagement can help communities envision more equitable and inclusive futures.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "SPRK: 101",
	"location_url": "https://map.ucf.edu/?show\u003D139",
	"virtual_url": "https://go.ucf.edu/4BaqZim",
	"registration_link": "https://go.ucf.edu/4BaqZim",
	"registration_info": "Registration is required for virtual attendance via Zoom only. To attend online, please register at https://go.ucf.edu/4BaqZim.\u000D\u000A\u000D\u000ANo registration is required for in\u002Dperson attendance at SPRK 101 (formerly UCF Global Building).",
	"starts": "Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:00:00 -0500",
	"ends": "Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -0500",
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	"category": "Speaker/Lecture/Seminar",
	"tags": ["black history","Anthropology","Community Engagement","Ethnography"],
	"contact_name": "Department of Anthropology",
	"contact_phone": "407\u002D823\u002D2227",
	"contact_email": "anthro@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4245541/kent-family-speaker-series-featuring-dr-amanda-d-concha-holmes/"
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