The Coalition for Diasporan Scholars Moving, part 1 – Brenda Dixon Gottschild in conversation with Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

Published by Movement Research in 2013, The Coalition for Diasporan Scholars Moving, Part 1 documents a conversation between jaamil and acclaimed dance scholar and cultural critic Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild.

Their exchange traces Gottschild's work as a scholar while examining racism, exclusion, and structural inequity within academic and cultural institutions. The conversation also explores the founding of the Coalition for Diasporan Scholars Moving (CDSM), created to provide networking, mentorship, strategic advice, and support for scholars and movement artists of the African Diaspora navigating academia.

The conversation stands as an important record of intergenerational dialogue, bringing together questions of dance, scholarship, cultural criticism, institutional change, and collective support.