{"id":974,"date":"2024-02-29T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T11:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/education\/?p=974"},"modified":"2024-04-05T11:47:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T10:47:52","slug":"culture-club-words-sight-and-sounds-vol-3-with-dr-rita-gayle-university-of-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/education\/culture-club-words-sight-and-sounds-vol-3-with-dr-rita-gayle-university-of-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Club: Words, Sight and Sounds Vol. 3 with Dr. Rita Gayle (University of Birmingham)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday 19th March 2024 – 4:15pm-5:30pm \/\/ free and online \/\/ Eventbrite registration required for non-UWE colleagues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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By Malcolm Richards<\/a> – Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education and Childhood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The third 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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our guest discussant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We are delighted to welcome as our guest, Dr Rita Gayle<\/a> (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rita Gayle (she\/her) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for The Conjunctures Strand of The Stuart Hall Archive Project at the University of Birmingham. Rita is a co-founder of the research group, Global Black Geographies with Dr Agostinho Pinnock in 2019. Rita can be found online on X : @rita_gayle<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

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How it works:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rita <\/strong>has selected THREE digital resources inspired by Words, Sights, and Sounds, for us to respond with. Two of these stimuli are freely available from digital sources, with URL links provided on registration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendees will have several weeks to engage and reflect with the resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event structure:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On the day, Dr Rita Gayle<\/a>  <\/strong> will explore THREE which stimuli speak to how creativity, place and space affect the production and transfer of Black knowledges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       (from 4.15pm) Embodiment of Black Life \u2013 a specially curated SOUND<\/strong> playlist by Dr Rita Gayle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Introduction Amy Saleh (UWE Bristol)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Presentation of WORD and SIGHT by Dr Rita Gayle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Opening reflections<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Community dialogue with connections to wider Black Studies scholarship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Closing words with Dr Rita Gayle<\/a>  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n