Buffalo Soldier
A speculative narrative exploring the co-commodification of Black bodies and nature through tactility and material.
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Overview
Exploration of tactility and material (substrate) to sonically communicate historical facts and speculation.
Conceptual Framework
An investigation of the co-commodification of Black bodies and nature by government and military industrial complex from the inception of the “Buffalo Soldier” to present.
Narrative
Speculative narrative of a buffalo soldier encountering an American Buffalo (Bison) and having a shared memory of harvest, slaughter, and rebirth.
Personal Connection
A connection with the researcher’s lived experience and his father’s fascination with the history and depictions of Buffalo Soldiers and Black Cowboys.