Please join us as our current and past QMU colleagues discuss their chapter contributions to Anti-Racism in Education: Stories of Growing Activism, https://www.criticalpublishing.com/anti-racism-in-education edited by Dr Geetha Marcus and Dr Stefanie Van de Peer. The events will explore the stories of how scholars, researchers and teachers at QMU became part of anti-racist teaching activism through their own growing understanding of racism in education.

In each session, we will have space for questions and discussion and hope to provide a space for learning and sahring of practice. We ask that you commit to these principles explained by Building the Anti-Racist Classroom.

In this session, we welcome Bianca Mastrominico, who will present her chapter White is the colour of my name: anti-racism in theatre and performance praxis (Chapter 10).  The session will offer an insight into current anti-racist praxis within the academic and professional field of theatre and performance, with a focus on anti-racism as a critical compass for intersectional, diverse and inclusive creative practice. The presentation will involve a mini-installation of non-Western objects and cultural artefacts, visual material and dance demonstrations, all interspersed with selected readings from my book chapter.

You can access both physical and digital copies of Anti-Racism in Education: Stories of Growing Activism through QMU Library. 

Further reading

• Daboo, J (2018) Women and British South Asian Theatre. Theatre.Conflict.
  Change, 14 August. [online] Available at: https://theatreconflictchange. com/professor-jerri-daboo (accessed 18 October 2022).
• McCluney, CL, King, D D, Bryant, C M and Ali, A A (2021) From 'Calling in Black to 'Calling for Antiracism Resources': The Need for Systemic Resources to Address Systemic Racism. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion,
  40(1): 49-59.
• Narang, A (2021) Expanding Notions of Pedagogy to Empower Change.
  AdvanceHE, 4 February. [online] Available at: www.advance-he.ac.uk/ news-and-views/expanding-notions-pedagogy-empower-change (accessed 18 October 2022).

Facilitator: Vikki Hill

For further details, please contact Vikki Hill in the LEAD Centre – vhill@qmu.ac.uk

Other events in this series:

• Dr Geetha Marcus - Ethno-cultural conflict and learning for sustainability: Why anti-racism matters?
  Thursday 2^nd November 2023, 12.30-1.30pm, Room 3162 Booking link
   
• Dr Michelle L Elliot and Zaynab Akhtar - Walking the talk: stepping into difficult conversations in occupational therapy education (Chapter 14)
  Monday 27^th November 2023, 1-2pm, TEAMS Booking link
   
• Dr Anthony Schrag, Creative strategies for unknowing: taking risks to encourage equitable relationships in the classroom (Chapter 9)
  Wednesday 6th December 2023, 10-11am, Room 0050 Booking link
   
• Bianca Mastrominico, White is the colour of my name: anti-racism in theatre and performance praxis (Chapter 10)
  Tuesday 9^th January 2024, 1-2pm, Room 2175 and TEAMS Booking Link
   
• Dr Arek Dakessian, Imagining defragmented university spaces (Chapter 12)
  Tuesday 16th January 2024, 3-4pm, Room 2171 and TEAMS Booking Link
   
• Anne O’Donnell, Mad studies and anti-racism (Chapter 11)
  Wednesday 7th February 2024, 12-1pm, Room 2176 and TEAMS Booking Link
   
• Dr Simon Hoult, Changing worldviews through study visits (Chapter 3)
  Wednesday 21^st February 2024, 12-1pm, Room 2173 Booking Link
   
• Dr Geetha Marcus, Learning to Love
  Thursday 14^th March 2024, 1-2pm, Room 2174 Booking Link