Phil Cohen Works

Race Class and Imagined Community

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

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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

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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

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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