Thinking South, hosted by CSAS, extends a special thanks to Southern Cultures and the Stone Center for co-sponsoring this session with Kennedi Carter and Endia Beal.
HOME ISSUE of Southern Cultures Launch
On January 9, 2025, a packed house of students, faculty, and community members gathered at UNC’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History to launch the HOME issue of Southern Cultures, guest edited by Drs. Blair LM Kelley (CSAS Director) and Rhon Manigault-Bryant (Stone Center Director). Kelley and Manigault-Bryant welcomed issue contributor artist/photographer Kennedi Carter who engaged in an exciting conversation about her work with North Carolina-based artist, curator, and author Endia Beal. In her work, Carter reinvents notions of creativity and confidence in the realm of Blackness—clearly reflected in her powerful photo essay for the HOME issue, “Captive Maternal.”
With Carter’s compellingly beautiful images displayed on screen behind them, the two artists discussed Carter’s journey into photography and her exploration of Black motherhood, lineage, & family lore passed from generation to generation. It’s fitting that this issue marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of Southern Cultures, both its birth and home within CSAS. We congratulate the brilliant editorial team of Southern Cultures, Ayse Erginer (Executive Editor), Emily Wallace (Deputy Editor & Art Director), and Annie Lubinsky (Managing Editor).
