“… maybe a meeting for us might be sitting outside with some big pieces of paper or some big pieces of wood and some paint and just talking about stuff as we create, right? … Poetry is kind of like drawing, but with words” – Dr Jaleesa Renee Wells
Tag: Academia
On Foggy Temporalities and Feelings: Knowing, sensing, and creating beyond linear timelines
Today I hope that we’ll consider and share different ways and experiences of knowing, sensing, creating, and being, including beyond linear timelines and beyond the concept of writing or researching in a way that involves a “beginning”, a “middle”, and an “end”.
On University Vlog Culture
As part of the Cardiff University Research Opportunities Placement (CUROP) scheme, Jeevan Kaur and Francesca Sobande collaboratively considered how and … More
On Black Women’s Digitally Mediated Experiences of Academia in Britain
This blog piece is based on our (with Dr Jaleesa Renee Wells) contribution to the 2022 International Communication Association (ICA) … More
On Locating Social Media in Black Digital Studies
Below is the submitted version of my chapter on “Locating Social Media in Black Digital Studies” which features in: Devan, … More
On Black feminist and digital media studies in Britain
Below is the post-print version of our (keisha bruce, Rianna Walcott, Kui Kihoro Mackay, Krys Osei, temi lasade-anderson and Francesca … More
On Beyond Branding “Brand Activism” and Whitewashing Critiques of Capitalism
What do investments in the idea of “brands as activists” reveal about the relationship between capitalism, social justice, academia, and … More
On The Poetic Identity Work and Sisterhood of Black Women Becoming Academics
Below is the submitted version of our (Dr Francesca Sobande and Dr Jaleesa Renee Wells) co-authored article on “The poetic … More