"Chimney Sweeps and their Master"

LAYERS OF LIFE IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND

intersections of race, class, gender and everything else. . . .

Queen Victoria's reign lasted almost an entire century, from 1837-1901, and spanned what is arguably the most cataclysmic period in the development of the world as we know it. Clocks came into being with the advent of industrialization, mechanization, factory life, and proletarianization of labor. In Industrial times, time was money; time was change; time was process. Time fragmented, periodized, synchronized and in general defined Victorian life. As such, time pieces symbolize - horloges, hourglasses are just two of these examples. 

Experience with us the Onward March of Time in history, in our contemporary lives and in our growth process as historians, writers and critical thinkers. Our VEFolios are representative of our individual experiences of these processes. 

^{A VICTORIAN TAPESTRY}

^{Victorian life can be described as a intricately woven tapestry.}

^{Victoria clothing and cloth represent those complex weavings and interlaces.} 

The Sankofa Bird is an Adinkra symbol of the need for each human being to engage explore, engage and embrace the past, in order to truly experience the realities of the present and go forward into the future. It tells of the importance of history as process. It symbolizes my view of history and its centrality in locating, defining and shaping my identity. I place the Sankofa Bird symbol in Victorian England page so that I will never forget the often forgotten - the black experience in Victorian England. Also, for Victorian, and for contemporary, as for  Akan peoples, the past, present and future were and are inextricably interwoven. Understanding and experiencing history as process is for all times all places all peoples. The Sankofa Bird is my symbol.

So,  what's your symbol?