Talking Race: From discomfort to disruptive action in research and teaching - GCSJ Research Festival

This session is an introduction to the work of the RJWG operating out of FASS/SPC.
Speakers: Professor Steve Tombs - Grenfell, 'race' and racism
'Race' and racism were integral to why the people who were killed in Grenfell tower by the fire on 14 Jue 2017 were in fact in the Tower on that night - and 'race' and racism are equally central to the political responses to the atrocity. Formally excluded from the Terms of Reference of the Public Enquiry, 'race' is central to understanding Grenfell.

Dr Eleni Dimou - race and civilisation: The 18th-century notions of civilisation and race did not emerge in a vacuum; instead, they were constructs shaped by the Enlightenment and imperial ideologies. Continuous dominant discourses on ‘barbarism versus civilisation’ or ‘clash of civilisations’ still permeate global politics, with race mutating into ideas of cultural or ‘civilisational’ difference. Western civilisation is portrayed as homogenous, uniquely democratic and rational, while others are represented as monolithic threats. This binary thinking is used to justify contemporary imperialism, violence and far-reaching harms against those deemed as ‘lesser races’.

Dr Jane McCarthy - Race and racism in and amongst Ex/ Disconnections?
Often seen as topics too sensitive for personal conversations, the mainstream language, models, and theories of death and its aftermath are deeply embedded in white colonial/modernity to the detriment of all. As a white woman, what can I do towards such conversations, to support open spaces for breaking the silences?

Dr Ayobami Ilori - “Experiencing racism?: Silent or be silenced”: I will focus on my own experience and highlight some of the experiences of the participants in the OU-BBC2 co-production, which I worked on as an academic consultant.

Dr Claire Malcolm - My co-authored research on the experiences of Black mothers raising autistic children in the UK speaks to the fact that when conversations about race are met with denial and obfuscation, lived experiences of racism are – in turn – overlooked and perpetuated. The continued prevalence of damaging tropes of Black womanhood is key to the barriers that Black mothers face in advocating for their autistic children, and only full and frank discussions about race can expose and problematise this marginalisation.

Chair: Lystra Hagley-Dickinson

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