ABSTRACT
A sea-chart draws attention to local details in relation to the wider expanse of seawater and the intricate circuits of fl ows. The idea of re-charting suggested in this volume refers both to the aim of studying the specifi cities of black cultures, histories, arts, and ideologies against the larger background of diasporic movements around the Atlantic, and to the necessity of revisioning the theoretical cartography of the “Black Atlantic.” It highlights an interest in mapping the uprooting and re-routing of the “translated” cultures of the modern world,2 and the impact of such movements on location.
