about the archivist
ameia camielle smith is an aspiring farmer, currently dancing between the mountains and valleys of Ohlone and Northern Kashia Pomo lands. they are a student of black feminist geographies, in the scholarly lineages of Sylvia Wynter, Katherine McKittrick, and Tiffany Lethabo King, among others. their work spans across disciplines but is rooted in the practice of ‘love as a commitment to attention’ (Deborah Thomas). through archival and performance-based methodologies, ameia’s work documents and embodies quotidian practices of place-based intimacy, exploring the body and land as sites of connection, opening, and possibility.
ameia has a BA in Geography from UC Berkeley, and has trained with the Alonzo King Lines Ballet. currently, they are completing an agrarian residency as a farm/botánika steward with bakiné, a black queer boricua and diasporic ritual arts studio. you can find her in the afternoon sun.