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SUMMARY:Bio-Digital Jazz: Reflections on Emergent Multi/race/less/ness in 
 Hip-Hop and Belize
LOCATION:UCCS Centennial Hall- Room CENT 203
DESCRIPTION:Bio-Digital Jazz: Reflections on Emergent Multi/race/less/ness
  in Hip-Hop and Belize\n\nGuest Speaker: Dr. Jon Ivan Gill\nAssociate Pro
 fessor of Philosophy\, Gustavus Adolphus College\n\nJoin us for a thought
 -provoking lecture exploring the intersections of Hip-Hop culture\, racia
 l identity\, nationality\, and philosophy.\n\nDrawing from his book Multi
 /race/less/ness: A Process Alternative to Category (Bloomsbury\, 2025)\, 
 Dr. Jon Ivan Gill examines how identity can move beyond traditional racia
 l categories toward more expansive\, fluid\, and inclusive ways of unders
 tanding ourselves and our communities.\n\nThrough the examples of undergr
 ound Hip-Hop culture and Belizean nationality\, Dr. Gill explores how cul
 ture and national belonging can challenge fixed racial classifications wh
 ile creating new possibilities for identity and community. The discussion
  will also examine how colonial histories\, racial trauma\, and inherited
  categories continue to shape our understanding of race.\n\nDrawing on th
 e philosophical perspectives of Alfred North Whitehead\, Hunbatz Men\, an
 d Victor Montejo\, this presentation invites attendees to reconsider the 
 relationships among race\, culture\, identity\, and the ongoing process o
 f becoming.\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nDr. Jon Ivan Gill is an Associate Pro
 fessor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter\, Minnes
 ota. His work explores philosophy not simply as an intellectual disciplin
 e but as a lived practice shaped by culture\, experience\, and creative e
 xpression.\n\nH\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/29a48280-900a-4b8c-8ee0-80
 f94b342862
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