Ebony Initiative Summer Institute: Creative & Decolonised Research Methods

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With a dynamic line up of leading thinkers and interactive workshops, the SI is designed to take your research to the next level.

About this event

If you are currently a PhD/Doctoral researcher or postgraduate student and are racialised as black/brown/person of colour this event is an amazing opportunity to learn more about how to do research in liberatory ways. You'll be introduced to creative and decolonised methodologies that expand the possibilities of how to research the issues that matter to you. If you are an undergraduate student considering a postgraduate degree, this event is also an excellent opportunity to meet faculty on the cutting edge of creative and decolonised research. Featuring a dynamic line up of leading thinkers and academics the Summer Institute's interactive workshops and talks are designed to take your research to the next level and enhance your personal research profile.

The Summer Institute is being run by the Ebony Initiative, a new programme launched in October 2020 by SOAS, University of London. The EI, is a unique programme that aims to nurture the development of more Black scholars and decolonised knowledge production at SOAS and in the UK more broadly. The EI works to inspire and encourage Black students from African and Afro-diaspora communities in the UK to pursue postgraduate education and research careers.

Day 1. 24.8.21- Creative Decolonised Methodologies and Impact

09:30 - 10:00

Welcome and Introduction

10:00 - 11:30

Dance as ‘Revolutionary’ Methodology - Dr. ‘H’ Patten

Break - 11:30 - 11:45

11:45 - 13:15

Room 1 Black Music as Method: An Intellectual Provocation Beyond the white Mainstream - Dr. Lambros Fatsis

Room 2 Creative Writing as a Radical Act in Research - Dr. Sindi Gordon

Lunch - 13:15 - 14:15

14:15 - 15:45

Pre-Image Learning and Action: Utilising a Practice-led Research Methodology in the Visual Arts and Beyond - Dr. Ope Lori

Close - 15:45 - 16:00

Day 2. 25.8.21 - Glocal Community Methodologies and Impact

09:30 - 09:45

Welcome and Introduction

09:45 - 11:15

Room 1 Research, Impact and Creative Communities - Lynda Rosenior-Patten and Patsy Alexander of Maestro 7

Room 2 Narrating Cross-Cultural Encounters - Dr. Grace Koh

Break - 11:15 - 11:30

11:30 - 13:00

Room 1 Participatory Action Research as Intersectional Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges - Hanna Akalu

Room 2 Reading Between the Lines: How can we do decolonising research using colonial archives? - Dr. Eleanor Newbigin

Lunch - 13:00 - 14:00

14:00 - 15:30

Research, Resistance and Transcendence in Community Transformation - Prof. William ‘Lez’ Henry

Close - 15:30 - 15:45

Day 3. 26.8.21- Public Engagement and Online Impact

09:30 - 09:45

Welcome and Introduction

09:45 - 11:15

Locating the Self in Academic Writing: Finding Your Voice - Dr. Althea-Maria Rivas

Break - 11:15- 11:30

11:30 - 13:00

Creating Your Research Brand and Profile - Errol Donald of Mindspray

Lunch - 13:00 - 14:00

14:00 - 16:00

How to Make a Podcast - Andrew Glen

Close - 16:00 - 16:15