This book invites you to join leading Africa-focused scholars in a conversation that vividly highlights the intricate relationship among communication, media, culture and social change. Communication and Social Change in Africa: Selected Case Studies provides a timely and thought-provoking exploration of diverse and unique understandings in the way communication, in its vast and varied manifestations, is reshaping the continent’s future. Collectively touching base with almost every part of Africa, the book demonstrates a firsthand and grassroots understanding of the continent. The thirteen case studies in the book from across the continent illuminate the challenges, opportunities, and successes of communication-driven narratives, offering valuable lessons for scholars, policymakers and practitioners.
The site provides access to records of unsolved racially motivated crimes during the 20th century in the USA. During the Civil Rights era, thousands of racially-motivated In many cases, local, state, and/or federal authorities examined evidence, conducted interviews, and compiled detailed investigations into these crimes and violations. The case files from these investigations are considered civil rights cold case records and increasing information will be placed about them on this website. It includes explanations and other supporting resources.
Awarding gaps based on ethnicity are a concern, but the way we conceptualise analysing and addressing them are far from perfect. Katharine Hubbard suggests a more nuanced approach
Debra Kelly/Martyn Cornick (University of Westminster/University of Birmingham), ‘The Archives of the Dispensaire Français/Société Française de Bienfaisance in London’
This article examines the history of a former Rhodesia Railways carriage in the Science Museum Group’s collection to ask what stories it can tell beyond the narrative of its return. The article argues that interpretation of the carriage since its repatriation has focused on the story of its return, while gaps in the knowledge of its operational life – including the experiences of passengers and the impacts of the railway’s labour hierarchy – have been overlooked.
Listen to The India Briefing on Spotify. The India Briefing for the India Curious. TIB offers a deep dive into India’s dynamic landscape. Hosted by academic Mukulika Banerjee and journalist Pragya Tiwari, this podcast delivers insightful updates on India’s politics, economy, and culture. Whether you’re studying, investing, or simply curious about the country, join us for crisp conversations and debates that decode India’s role in global affairs.
'Why Should Our Rage Be Tidy?' - Imkaan's vital report uncovering the mental health impact of violence against Black and minoritised women. Read now for clear recommendations for systemic change.
From practical strategies to actionable advice, this Network for Black Women Leaders Bitesize Session explored how allyship drives inclusivity and career growth.
These took place at University of Hertfordshire in Summer 2024, https://www.youtube.com/@decolonisefilm and are described by the organisers as intended to be part of a continuing dialogue around the coloniality of filmic practices, institutions, industries and histories. They offer case studies. These include decolonising the BBC film archive and toics related to media studies pedagogy.
You could speak three languages and still not count as ‘bilingual’ to many development sector recruiters – and that needs to change, says Oxfam in Africa’s Abbas Kigozi.
The English Social Mobility Index, which is compiled by London South Bank University (LSBU), has been published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) since 2021. The Index measures the social distance travelled by socio-economically disadvantaged graduates from each higher education institution in England as well as the proportion of graduates so transported. It combines access, […]
New Advance HE report reveals progress in diverse representation in higher education governance but highlights the need for continued efforts to ensure governing bodies reflect the diversity of staff and student communities.
Investigations into format shifts from physical to digital access in libraries often centre print materials. Similarly, recent calls to action for an increasing focus on acquisition of materials that support equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) efforts within postsecondary institutions often centre print resources. For academic libraries, media like film have unique access and acquisition models that do not correspond to print and pose unique challenges extending back to the Hollywood studios that create and distribute films. This paper explores the dual shifts in academic libraries toward collecting fewer physical films and collecting more content to support EDI mandates, and asks: first, whether the shift away from collecting physical media may also be a shift away from including diverse perspectives in film collections; and second, if we have the data to draw a measurable and demonstrable conclusion. A comprehensive literature review traces efforts to assess markers of diversity in large library collections and/or film collections over the past two decades and helps establish a methodology that combines analyzing data from the library catalogue and Wikidata. Findings revealed that the completeness and consistency of the data over time makes drawing strong conclusions difficult and demonstrated the challenges of this approach in addressing EDI analysis, even when augmenting catalogue metadata with Wikidata. Curation and choice are perhaps more important in building a diverse film collection than questions of format alone, despite the challenges in assessing and collecting film which is and has always been a format in rapid and continual flux.
Engaging with the Legacies of Empire and Slave-Ownership in Bath and Bristol’s Memoryscapes. The murder of George Floyd in 2020, the renewed international take up of the cry Black Lives Matter and the subsequent toppling of a statue commemorating slave-merchant-turned-philanthropist Edward Colston in Bristol provoked urgent questions on memorialisation, white privilege, social justice and repair. Debates on how legacies of colonialism and empire in Britain should be addressed spilled out of the scholarly world into the public discourse. In the immediate wake of the statue toppling this book offers a unique, distinctive and timely contribution to those debates: a series of voices and experiences are offered as critical commentaries and accounts of recent interventions on an official heritage narrative. It sets out to break the ‘dead silence’, by bringing together diverse perspectives from academics, artists, activists, heritage professionals and tourist guides. The book offers fresh insights, referencing work attending to the impacts and legacies of colonisation primarily in Bath and Bristol, augmented with comparative contributions from Lancaster and Mexico offering significant and pertinent resonances. A range of strategies are explored towards enabling silenced voices to be heard and engage in conversations about how the past is represented, including Co-Creation, new agonistic museum practices, innovative creative and somatic approaches.
The present publication focuses on reparatory justice for people of African descent. It acknowledges increased acceptance of the need to address the continuing impacts of enslavement and colonialism, including through reparatory justice. It takes stock of existing frameworks and initiatives and identifies areas for further consideration. It contains recommendations for States to take a comprehensive approach, grounded in international human rights law, that seeks to address legacies of the past in order to build societies that are free from systemic racism and racial discrimination. To achieve these objectives effectively, the approach should be participatory, gender-sensitive and inclusive, and should combine a plurality of measures, including, where appropriate, restitution, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition.
Sara Salem; On Anti-colonial Time: Encountering Archival Traces in a Haunted Present. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 April 2024; 123 (2): 321–341. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-11086635
This article explores anticolonial memory and anticolonial archiving as entry points into broader questions of time, temporality, and the politics of the present. Thinking with Egypt's project of decolonization in the mid-twentieth century, it demonstrates the varying ways in which anticolonial pasts express themselves in the present, and what this might suggest about the future.
Communities & Crowds is an AHRC-funded project that re-examines the role of the museum volunteer by combining participatory research methods and online crowdsourcing techniques to explore how local communities can collaborate with digital volunteers around the world to increase discoverability of, and access to, the collections that matter to them. This article reflects on the project and provides toolkits for future volunteers.
Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries (RLUK ICIL) is an RLUK programme of events that aims to foster conversation around decolonisation and inclusive practice in collecting, describing, presenting, and engaging with content in research library collections. It seeks to raise awareness about the opportunities and challenges of dealing with, contextualising, and engaging with offensive collections while also identifying and sharing examples of good practice https://www.rluk.ac.uk/icil/
Embedding equality, diversity, and inclusion in GLAM structures with digital storytelling
The varied forms of cultural heritage, multiple stakeholders, and responsibility for public education drive GLAMs to promote equality, diversity, inclusion (EDI), anti-racism, and accessibility in all their activities. In this talk, Simon Mahony (UCL) and Yaming Fu (Shanghai) present their research, which builds on the “Shanghai Cultural Collections”, an online platform with various forms of historical collections concerning Shanghai. They created a framework to include the voices from diverse social groups that are usually silent, collect their stories, experiences, and memories about the collections using digital storytelling. The framework aims to raise awareness of the need for inclusivity and engagement, remove barriers to inclusion, and aims to remove the bias and implicit inequality often found in GLAMs collections, particularly in areas with a significant post-colonial legacy.
SCOLMA: African Studies in the Digital Age online seminars
Between January and April 2024, Elizabeth Haines, Principal Record Specialist in Empire and Commonwealth collections, and Programme Secretary for SCOLMA – a group of archivists and librarians based in the UK with collections related to Africa – led on a new season of online seminars, ‘African Studies in the Digital Age’. The series and SCOLMA's work was recently highlighted in an interview with committee members on Africa in Words.
Today Imkaan and Centre for Women’s Justice launch our groundbreaking research, Life or Death the first of its kind, on the deaths of Black and minoritised women due to domestic abuse. The research, undertakes a deep dive into the issue through an examination of detailed case stu
Leading researcher on race equality in healthcare argues the racist riots should have been a wake up call for the NHS, he suggests what needs to be done now.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has updated its guidelines on handling allegations of discrimination. The guidance outlines different types of discrimination and the types of allegations that may arise. The guidance includes a section on adultification, a form of bias where children from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities are perceived as being more ‘grown up’ and less vulnerable than other children. The guidelines explain that this can lead to the safeguarding and welfare of a child not being appropriately considered. A case study related to the adultification of a young person in police custody is included.
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is observed annually on December 3rd. The theme for this year is "Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future." This theme recognizes the important role that persons with disabilities play in creating a more inclusive and sustainable world for all. It also emphasizes the importance of the participation of persons with disabilities in decision-making processes that affect their lives.
For over 76 years, Palestinian resistance to Israeli settler-colonialism has inspired generations of activists around the world in their anti-colonial, anti-racist and anti-capitalist struggles.As Israel’s genocidal war has entered its second year, we have collectively witnessed the extent to which Western powers are willing to back Zionist colonialism, in furtherance of their own imperialist interests.At this critical juncture, we have invited several scholars and activists to reflect on the Palestinian liberation struggle and its reverberations around the world from Africa to Asia to Latin America. Their contributions reaffirm that the Palestinian struggle is rooted in a long history and tradition of anti-colonial struggle and highlight the importance of strengthening solidarity towards a liberated Palestine. No one is free until Palestine is free!
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