Chawne Kimber

**Chawne Monique Kimber** ( /ʃ ɔː n / SHAWN ;  an haife ta a shekara ta dubu ɗaya da dari tara dasaba'in da daya)  Ba’amurkiyaƙwararriyar lissafi ce kuma quilter,  wacce aka santa da bayyana fafutukar ta na siyasa a cikin ta.   Ta kasance farfesa a Kwalejin Lafayette, inda ta shugabanci sashen lissafi .  Kimber yanzu Ita ne shugaban Kwalejin a Washington da Jami'ar Lee . 

## Ilimi da aikin ta
Kimber, 'yar ƙasar Frankfort, Kentucky,  ta fito ne daga dangin manoman auduga da quilters a Alabama.   Ko da yake ta rubuta cewa "koyaushe tana son lissafi", ta fara karatun digiri na farko a Jami'ar Florida ta hanyar karatun injiniyanci kafin ta canza zuwa lissafi saboda ta ga ya fi gamsuwa.  Ta sami digiri na biyu a Jami'ar North Carolina a shekara ta dubu ɗaya da dari tara da casa'in da biyar, a matsayin dalibin Idris Assani .  Ta koma Jami'ar Florida don karatun digiri na uku, ta kammala Ph.D. a shekara ta dubu ɗaya da dari tara da casa'in da tara. Kundin karatunta, *Firayim Ideals a cikin zobe na ayyuka masu ci gaba*, yana haɗa algebra mara kyau tare da bincike na aiki kuma Jorge Martinez ne ke kula da shi. 

Bayan wani lokaci a matsayin Van Vleck Mataimakin Farfesa na Mathematics a Kwalejin Wesleyan, ta shiga Kwalejin Lafayette a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa.  A cikin ilimin lissafi, an san ta da haɗa ra'ayoyin adalci na zamantakewa a cikin koyarwar aji.   Ta kasance Farfesa sannan kuma shugabar Sashen Lissafi.  A cikin shekara ta dubu biyu da  takwas, ita tare da Farfesa Sharon Jones sun fara Shirin bazara don Ci gaban Jagoranci a STEM a Lafayette.  Wannan shirin na mako shida inda ɗalibai masu shigowa suke ɗaukar matakin koleji da adireshin ƙididdiga tare da kayayyaki a cikin STEM. Dalibai su ne waɗanda aka gano a matsayin shugabanni daga ƙungiyoyi waɗanda yawanci ba su da wakilci a cikin filayen STEM.  A cikin shekara ta dubu biyu da goma sha takwas, Kimber tana kuma ɗaya daga cikin masu karɓa shida na babbar makarantar Clare Booth Luce don halartar HERS (Higher Education Resource Services).  Yayin da take shugabantar Sashen Lissafi, sashen "ya yi aiki don inganta al'adun da suka haɗa da fahimtar cewa lissafi wata ƙofa ce ga sauran fannonin kimiyya, fasaha da injiniya". 

A cikin Mayu a shekara ta dubu biyu da Ashirin da daya , Jami'ar Washington da Jami'ar Lee sun ba da sanarwar cewa Kimber zata zama Dean na Kwalejin a ranar d'aya ga Yuli, shekara ta dubu biyu da Ashirin da daya.   Ita ce ke da alhakin "sassan Ashirin da daya da shirye-shiryen interdisciplinary sha hudu. Shugaban yana aiki a matsayin shugaban kwamitin kan kwasa-kwasan da darajoji kuma yana cikin kwamitin zartarwa na Faculty. Shugaban ya ba da rahoto ga provost kuma yana aiki a Majalisar Ilimi ta Provost da kuma Majalisar Shugaban kasa." 

## Kwance

Kimber ta girma tare da kayan kwalliyar kakar kakarta  kuma mahaifinta ya ɗauki waɗannan "kullun kayansa mafi daraja".  Kimber ta fara yin kwalliya a shekara ta 2005, jim kadan bayan kammala aikace-aikacenta na zama a Lafayette, kuma sha'awarta na yin kwalliya ta sake sabuntawa a cikin 2007 ta mutuwar mahaifinta.   Ayyukan kakar kakarta sun rinjayi kayan kwalliyarta wanda "ya yi amfani da salon faci iri ɗaya kamar waɗanda ke da alaƙa da Gee's Bend " - Kimber yana kallon aikinta a matsayin "daidaitawar zamani" na wannan salon.  A cikin 2008 ta fara ƙirƙira manyan ƴan siyasa da yin rubutun ra'ayin kanka a yanar gizo game da su,  ta fara da jerin gwano waɗanda kalmomin datti guda bakwai na George Carlin suka yi da kuma ta rubutun wariyar launin fata da jima'i a harabar kwalejin ta.   Aikinta yana da alaƙa da motsi na "Quilting na zamani", dangane da ƙirar sa na geometric da abun ciki na tsokana.  Ayyukanta sun haɗa da batutuwa daban-daban waɗanda ke tayar da al'amuran zamantakewa ciki har da kisan Amurkawa na Afirka da cin zarafi.  Hakazalika, Kimber ta kuma baje kolin ayyukan origami masu zurfafa tunani.  

Kimber's quilts suna akai-akai suna haɗawa a nunin faifai da kuma nunin kayan tarihi na quilting. Cibiyar Arts ta Paul Mellon ta gabatar da nunin ayyukanta a cikin 2018.   Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ta yi wahayi zuwa gare ta ta hanyar mutuwar Eric Garner ta lashe matsayi na farko a QuiltCon West a 2016,  kuma an haɗa shi tare da wasu guda. by Kimber a wani nuni a kan "Quilts and Human Rights" a Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University .  Aikinta, *har yanzu ba*, Smithsonian American Art Museum ya samo shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na Gangamin Cikar Shekaru 50 na Renwick Gallery .   Wannan baje kolin ya nuna cewa yadudduka an samo su ne daga masaku na tsakiyar ƙarni.  Bayanin ya bayyana cewa "Zaɓin Kimber don yin amfani da kayan girki na yau da kullun da ƙirar haɓakawa yana jawo abubuwan tunawa da tarihin danginta. Yawancin kakanninta da aka bautar da su a karkarar Alabama sun noma auduga. Kakar ta, Mamo, da sauran 'yan uwanta sun bayyana kansu ta hanyar yin kwalliya. [. . . ] An ba da labarin Mamo ta cikin kwalliyarta, kuma Kimber ta ci gaba da zaren"  .

Elizabeth Landau, don *Jaridar Washington Post* a cikin 2020, ta yi tsokaci cewa Kimber "yana ƙoƙarin kiyaye lissafinta da duniyar duniyarta. Wasu daga cikin kayan kwalliyarta sun yi tawaye da gangan ga tsari da tsarin da suka mamaye lissafi. Su ne - kamar kiɗan jazz da aka kunna tare da yadudduka da stitches - mara kyau. Amma zaren ƙalubale na rashin daidaituwa na tsarin yana gudana ta duk ƙoƙarin Kimber. [. . . [1] A kan yanayin rashin adalci na zamantakewar al'umma, Kimber's quilts duka biyun lokaci ne kuma maras lokaci."

## Manazarta