by Black Health Humanities | Jul 14, 2022 | Reflections
Chimwemwe Phiri, a PhD student at the University of Durham in the Department of Anthropology, considers the impact of public art on environmental activism in Malawi. Blantyre, Malawi’s second major city, has for decades been plagued by a polluted river. The Mudi River...
by Black Health Humanities | Oct 27, 2021 | Reflections
Niquita Alexander-Pilgrim, a mental health practitioner and PhD scholar funded by the Institute of Mental Health, explores the relationship between anti-Black violence in the media, Black mental health, healing and joy. Niquita is also the co-director of the...
by Black Health Humanities | Oct 8, 2021 | Reflections
Image credit: Yewande Okuleye 2021. Do not reproduce without permission Dr Yewande Okuleye, a member of the Black health and the humanities network and recently appointed fellow of the Royal Historical Society, has written a poem which responds to the themes we...
by Black Health Humanities | Aug 3, 2021 | Reflections
Image: Tsoku Maela, ‘Sehlaga’, 2016 Parise Carmichael-Murphy (University of Manchester) considers how membership of the Black health and the humanities network is influencing her PhD journey. The Black Health and the Humanities Network has been a welcome...
by Black Health Humanities | Jan 4, 2021 | Reflections
Image: Tsoku Maela, ‘Seriti’, 2016 First published in The Polyphony, 14 December 2020. Our Research Associate, Dr Amber Lascelles, reflects on the motivations behind the project, the marginalisation of Black health research in the UK, and what the...
