Geography

Black Lives Matter: Postcolonial and Decolonial Representations

Module code: 006GR
Level 5
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Workshop
Assessment modes: Report

On this module, you'll use postcolonial and decolonial theory to explore visual and material cultures in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Inspired by the legacy of Stuart Hall, the module investigates how Black Lives Matter and examines how the value of black lives and culture has been undermined by prevailing race and racism over time.

You’ll engage with ‘Black Theory,’ a set of authors who address postcolonial and decolonial politics and highlight the costs of imperial and colonial values on black lives. Each lecture will use cultural texts to critically analyse eurocentric perspectives of other worlds, people and places.

The module focuses on visual, material, and narrative cultures through which race and ethnicity are negotiated in everyday spaces, their historical roots, and how these continue to shape everyday encounters and discourses. 

By exploring specific historical and contemporary examples, you'll see how representations of race and racism change over time and in different places.

Module learning outcomes

• Understand history of the idea of ‘race’ and ‘racisms’ in published research
• Understand race analysis in published research in Geography, Cultural Studies & Visual and Material Culture
• Understand Injustice and Inequalities in Media Representations.
• Understand intersectionality as part of structural issues of race and racisms in societ