E027 The Reflection with Rima Saini: Race, politics & the South Asian middle classes

Chantelle and Kelechi interview Chimwemwe Phiri about her PhD research based on the colonial histories and ethical dimensions of medical photography, questions of ownership, and the afterlives of archival material. https://www.blackhealthandhumanities.org  Summary:In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network. Each episode uncovers the different ways that racist environments impact the health of Black African and Caribbean people.  Expect conversation centred around resistance creativity and imaginative futures.   The Black Health and the Humanities network emerged in part from the crisis caused by 2020’s global Covid-19 pandemic, the transnational Black Lives Matter movement, and the intersections between racism and health inequalities that, although not new, these events highlighted. https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/comparative-investigation-visual-representations 

Tanisha Spratt and Arya Thampuran discuss the importance of Black joy, sprituality and care as crucial to Black health and healing.  Links  https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/a-s-thampuran/  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tanisha-spratt  Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network. Each episode uncovers the different ways that racist environments impact the health of Black African and Caribbean people.  Expect conversation centred around resistance creativity and imaginative futures.   The Black Health and the Humanities network emerged in part from the crisis caused by 2020’s global Covid-19 pandemic, the transnational Black Lives Matter movement, and the intersections between racism and health inequalities that, although not new, these events highlighted. https://www.blackhealthandhumanities.org 

Kelechi Anucha discuses the relationship between time and care in contemporary end of life narratives,. This work is part of the Wellcome Trust-funded research project Waiting Times.  Links: https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/phd-students/kelechi-anucha/ https://waitingtimes.exeter.ac.uk/ Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network. Each episode uncovers the different ways that racist environments impact the health of Black African and Caribbean people.  Expect conversation centred around resistance creativity and imaginative futures.   The Black Health and the Humanities network emerged in part from the crisis caused by 2020’s global Covid-19 pandemic, the transnational Black Lives Matter movement, and the intersections between racism and health inequalities that, although not new, these events highlighted. https://www.blackhealthandhumanities.org 

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Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses how it is essential for access to sexual and reproductive health and support to be initiated through anti-racist policies and frameworks. @BHHproject Links  https://www.shinealoud.co.uk/about-us/founders-story  Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network. Each episode uncovers the different ways that racist environments impact the health of Black African and Caribbean people.  Expect conversation centred around resistance creativity and imaginative futures.   The Black Health and the Humanities network emerged in part from the crisis caused by 2020’s global Covid-19 pandemic, the transnational Black Lives Matter movement, and the intersections between racism and health inequalities that, although not new, these events highlighted. https://www.blackhealthandhumanities.org 

In this introductory episode, we hear from Arya Thampuran and Kelechi Anucha on why the health of Black African and Caribbean populations in Britain remains an urgent topic of enquiry. @BHHproject Links: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/a-s-thampuran/  https://wcceh.org/meet-the-team/phd-students/kelechi-anucha/  Summary: In this series we introduce the work of researchers from the Black Health and the Humanities Network. Each episode uncovers the different ways that racist environments impact the health of Black African and Caribbean people.  Expect conversation centred around resistance creativity and imaginative futures.   The Black Health and the Humanities network emerged in part from the crisis caused by 2020’s global Covid-19 pandemic, the transnational Black Lives Matter movement, and the intersections between racism and health inequalities that, although not new, these events highlighted.

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In this episode, we take a deep dive into the marketisation and capitalist exploitation of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. We return to the inequitable ways the pandemic impacted people and how we continue to live through a care crisis both locally and globally.  Links: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/consuming-crisis/book280021 https://www.francescasobande.com Summary  In this collaborative podcast series with Sage Publishing we take a closer look at the books currently being published in the Social Science for Social Justice book series. This book series is an interdisciplinary and international contribution to the long history of Black, Asian and minority ethnic voices producing radical and rigorous scholarship within and beyond the university and academy.  https://group.sagepub.com/social-science-for-social-justice 

In this episode we hear from Tarek Younis on his own experiences of challenging islamophobia in the discipline of psychology. We explore the ongoing consequences of the connection between racism, islamophobia and mental health for Muslims in contemporary society.  Links: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-muslim-state-and-mind/book279425 Summary  In this collaborative podcast series with Sage Publishing we take a closer look at the books currently being published in the Social Science for Social Justice book series. This book series is an interdisciplinary and international contribution to the long history of Black, Asian and minority ethnic voices producing radical and rigorous scholarship within and beyond the university and academy.  https://group.sagepub.com/social-science-for-social-justice 

In this introductory episode, we speak to the editors of Sage’s Social Science for Social Justice book series about the long history of social scientists contributing to community work and organising.  Links: https://www.meredithdclark.com https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/arday https://group.sagepub.com/social-science-for-social-justice Summary  In this collaborative podcast series with Sage Publishing we take a closer look at the books currently being published in the Social Science for Social Justice book series. This book series is an interdisciplinary and international contribution to the long history of Black, Asian and minority ethnic voices producing radical and rigorous scholarship within and beyond the university and academy.  https://group.sagepub.com/social-science-for-social-justice