On 23rd November, I sent this letter to the Museum of Home's Board of Trustees. I am currently awaiting their response. Over the summer, there was a public outcry against the Museum of the Home that I need to address (given our planned collaboration). I say this because I believe in a politics of accountability … Continue reading Working with the Museum of the Home: Geffrye Must Fall
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I wanted to post information about the panels I'm presenting/organising at the RGS-IBG Conference happening in London, 28 - 30 August 2019. Hope to see some of you there! Wednesday 28th August Resistance in the Master's House: Researching race in troubling times (panels I & II) 14:40 - 18:30, RGS-IBG Education Centre (double session) Co-organised … Continue reading Presenting at RGS-IBG Conference 2019
I am excited to announce that my latest article "Throwing our bodies against the white background of academia" has been published by Area as part of their Ethics feature. This paper addresses the difficulty of conducting research about non‐white racialised persons while working within predominantly white academic institutions. The thinking behind this paper can be traced back … Continue reading ‘Throwing our bodies against a white background’: Article published
Call for Papers: Seminar at RGS-IBG Conference (London, 27th-30th August 2019) Resistance in the Master’s House: Researching race in troubling times Session Convenors: Shereen Fernandez (QMUL) & Azeezat Johnson (QMUL) Sponsored by: Race, Culture and Equality Working Group (RACE) The proposed session works from Audre Lorde’s (1984) warning against using the Master’s tools to dismantle … Continue reading Call for papers: Panel at RGS-IBG Conference 2019
I am proud that my article on the potential within understanding how Black Muslim women get comfortable to feel at home has been published by Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal for Feminist Geography. To access the article, please click here. Abstract This article explores the role of comfort as an affective encounter across bodies, … Continue reading ‘Getting Comfortable to feel at home’ – article published
The deadline for abstracts for the CREN edited collection on new directions in anti-racist scholarship and activism is 01 Feb 2017. As our original call noted, the focus of the book will be on how we as anti-racist might respond to the events of 2016, namely, Brexit and the election of Trump. Following discussions between the … Continue reading Update: CREN book on anti-racist scholarship and activism
From Britain voting to leave the European Union, to the U.S. electing Donald Trump as President, 2016 has been a year of political upheaval and irreversible change. Whilst the Brexit and Trump votes took many by surprise, including pollsters and anti-racists, the similarities between the two campaigns make it difficult to view them in isolation … Continue reading Call for CREN Chapter Proposals: New Directions in Anti-Racist Scholarship and Activism
Azeezat Johnson | Learning through Black feminism 