By Malcolm Richards – Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education and Childhood
Tuesday 30 January 2024 – 4:30pm-5:30pm // free and online // Eventbrite registration required for non-UWE colleagues.
The second in an exciting series of collaborations by Network for Black Studies in Education, in collaboration with UWE ECRG, Bristol Caribbean Kitchen, Bookbag (Exeter), and Phoenix Agenda Supplementary School (Leicester).
Overview
Culture Club: Words, Sight and Sounds remixes traditional book club formats, using digital sources to encourage a creative learning space for teachers, student teachers, community educators, and academics. We are specifically interested in developing deeper understandings of the wide-ranging area of Black Studies scholarship, and its relevance to local-global contemporary education.
Our guest discussant
We are delighted to welcome as our guest, Dr Josie Gill (University of Bristol, Bristol, UK).
Josie is Associate Professor of Black British Writing at University of Bristol. Her work in contemporary literature, Black British, Caribbean and African American writing focuses on where and how literary and scientific ideas intersect with regards to questions of race. Josie’s most recent book “Biofictions: Race, Genetics and the Contemporary Novel” was published by Bloomsbury in 2020.
How it works:
Dr Josie Gill has selected THREE digital resources inspired by Words, Sights, and Sounds, for us to respond with. These stimuli are freely available from digital sources, with URL links provided on registration. Attendees will have up to four weeks to engage and reflect with the resources.
Event structure:
On the day, Dr Josie Gill will offer a presentation titled “Three Encounters with Science”, and connections to wider scholarship.
· Introduction with Amy Saleh (UWE Bristol)
· Three Encounters with Science with Dr Josie Gill
· Opening reflections
· Community dialogue with connections to wider Black Studies scholarship
· Closing words with Dr Josie Gill
Registration:
For UWE students (MA/EdD/PhD) or UWE staff, please email Malcolm Richards directly for information and registration: malcolm.richards@uwe.ac.uk
For non-UWE colleagues, please register for the event on Eventbrite: Culture Club: Words, Sight and Sounds Vol. 2 w/ Dr Josie Gill (Bristol) Tickets, Tue 30 Jan 2024 at 16:30 | Eventbrite
Save the date:
· Dr Rita Gayle (University of Birmingham, UK) – Volume. 3 – (Tuesday 19 March 2024)
· Dr Ryan Hanley (University of Exeter, UK) – Volume. 4 – (Tuesday 28 May 2024)
· Ass. Professor Obianuju Juliet Bushi (University of Windsor, Canada) – Volume. 5 – (Tuesday 9 July 2024)
Thanks:
Culture Club: Words, Sights and Sounds is a series of exciting collaborations by the Network for Black Studies in Education, with Bristol Caribbean Kitchen, Phoenix Agenda Supplementary School (Leicester, UK), UWE ECRG Equity in Education, and our growing connections with local-global community organisations.
If you would like to hear any more about joining the Network for Black Studies in Education with UWE, or this event, please contact Malcolm Richards malcolm.richards@uwe.ac.uk.
