RISD Research Perspectives | Christopher Roberts, Schiller Family Assistant Professorship in Race and Art and Design

Authors

Christopher Roberts, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
RISD Research, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Holly Gaboriault, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

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Description

Arriving at RISD in 2019 as the inaugural SEI Research Fellow, Christopher Roberts is a Black Studies scholar concerned with Black geographies of memory and forgotten histories. Having worked as a museum professional in educational programming for over ten years, he continues to create dialogues untethering the entanglements of coloniality. His own intersectional research examining maps, museums, archives, and monuments pushes pedagogical boundaries as Assistant Professor of Theory + History of Art + Design and Experimental Foundation Studies, including recent projects focused on the history of Market House and 19th century objects made by Providence’s Gorham Manufacturing Company. In 2021, Roberts was named the first RISD Schiller Family Assistant Professor in Race in Art and Design, where he promotes student-based inquiries of race, gender, and power at the edges of Liberal Arts studies and studio design. This series highlights the intersections of art, design, theory, social justice and research in interviewed conversations within the RISD community, its faculty and students.

Written | Directed | Filmed | Edited by Holly Gaboriault [MA Global Arts + Cultures '21] Original Music by Mike Delick Music Supervision by Elementary Music

Publication Date

3-1-2022

City

Providence

Keywords

RISD Research Perspectives, video series, Schiller Family Assistant Professorship, race, history, Market Square, transatlantic slave trade, archives, RIsD Museum, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Christopher Columbus, colonialism, myth

Disciplines

African American Studies | Art and Design | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Gender and Sexuality | Race and Ethnicity | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Social Justice

Recommended Citation

Roberts, Christopher; RISD Research; and Gaboriault, Holly, "RISD Research Perspectives | Christopher Roberts, Schiller Family Assistant Professorship in Race and Art and Design" (2022). RISD Research Perspectives. 11.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/researchstrategicpartnerships_researchperspectives/11