About
Rebecca Jackson, Ph.D. is a critical ethnographer working at the nexus of contemporary art performance, public memory, and cultural heritage. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies in May 2023.
Subverting White Supremacy
Explore How to Subvert Ancestral White Supremacy via Critical Ethnography and Performative Monuments
The Centennial Tulsa Race Massacre Commemoration
Dr. Jackson examines the Centennial Commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre as a social practice that subverts white supremacy. Specifically, she analyzes three events during the weeklong commemoration to explore themes like erasure, silencing, and social justice.
Dr. Jackson argues that the Centennial Tulsa Race Massacre Commemoration subverts white supremacy by commemorating history as it happened and not the fantastical memory of the Tulsa Race Riots and, in doing so, the commemoration reproduces identities that white supremacy omits or denies altogether. The Tulsa Race Massacre, sometimes referred to as the Tulsa Race Riot or the Black Wall Street Massacre, was largely ignored or misinterpreted nationally until its centennial commemoration in 2021, which reinvigorated national interest in the story.
Confederate Heritage and Strange Nostalgia
Dr. Jackson explores the strange nostalgia that accompanies Confederate heritage and confronts problematic ancestors in her analysis of the 2021 Confederate Memorial Day celebration at Beauvoir Historic Home and Jefferson Davis Presidential Library in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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