# Conversation with Joe Johnson

Joe Zavaan Johnson is a multi-instrumentalist, arts educator, and Black music researcher. He is an Ethnomusicology Ph.D. Candidate at Indiana University-Bloomington where he is completing a dissertation that examines the Black banjo renaissance through the lenses of Black studies, human geography, folklore, and ethnomusicology. Johnson frequently collaborates with grassroots organizations focused on coalition building, community healing, and cultural reparations.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 25 min
- By: Johnson, Joe
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10998/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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