Crises like COVID-19 and climate change can fundamentally reshape how we see our communities and our society. How will artists, scholars, storytellers and activists help us remember these events and grapple with the lessons they hold for our shared future?
In the months before COVID-19 emerged on the radar, the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC, UNC’s Southern Futures Initiative, and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke hosted interdisciplinary conversations on emerging issues in southern communities including climate change and its toll on cultural preservation. In this video excerpt from one of eleven Southern Summit panels, Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor Dr. Sherry Magill poses a provocative question about the importance of cultural memory in building the future.