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Race Class and Imagined Community

BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE Stuart Hall and ‘New Ethnicities, then and now

February 28, 2017 by philco

In June  1992 Stuart Hall came to the University of East London to give the inaugural lecture for the Centre for New Ethnicities Research  to which I had just been appointed director. I had been working for a number of years at the Institute of Education developing an approach to  anti -racist work with young people  based on  ethnographic research … [Read more...] about BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE Stuart Hall and ‘New Ethnicities, then and now

FINDING COMMON GROUND: mappings of community and activism

January 11, 2016 by philco

Full text of a talk given to the Opening Plenary of the MeCCSA conference on Communities  at Canterbury,Christchurch University    Looking Forward, looking back: the avatars of modernity It is that time of year when the commentariat like to look back at the year that has just gone, to award prizes to those who have lived up to their expectations and … [Read more...] about FINDING COMMON GROUND: mappings of community and activism

Young East Ender’s Views of Regeneration: The North Woolwich Story

June 29, 2013 by philco

North Woolwich is part of the Royal Docks  but is physically isolated by virtue of its physical  geography and for many years was  subject to neglect by planners and politicians alike . It has a large  concentration of social housing and has been home to a large , and increasingly ethnically diverse  working class community. East Europeans are the latest immigrants to an area … [Read more...] about Young East Ender’s Views of Regeneration: The North Woolwich Story

Race, Ethnicity and the Unconscious

June 29, 2013 by philco

This is an excerpt from a seminar I gave in Vienna in which I explore some of the problems and possibilities of applying  psychoanalytic concepts and insghts to understanding and tackling  the culture of popular racism. … [Read more...] about Race, Ethnicity and the Unconscious

Empires of the Mind

November 16, 2012 by philco

This film was originally made to accompany the Open University Course on ‘Race, Culture and Society’ and explores the popular imagery of  race, nation and empire that was in circulation in the Victorian school. … [Read more...] about Empires of the Mind

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