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Gia M. Hamilton

1978–

United States

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Gia Maisha Hamilton (born July 30, 1978) is an American applied anthropologist who employs methodology to investigate land, labor and cultural production while examining social connectivity within institutions and communities. Hamilton co-founded an independent African centered school, Little Maroons in 2006; later, she opened a creative incubator space- Gris Gris Lab in 2009 and designed and led the Joan Mitchell Center artist residency program in New Orleans as a consultant from 2011- 2013 and director from 2013-2018.

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