I was touched to have been awarded the School of Humanities and Communication Arts Researcher of the Year award 2020 at my institution, Western Sydney University. The prize was awarded for the paper, ‘Looking As White: anti-racism apps, appearance and racialized embodiment’, published in the journal…
Tag: antiracism apps
Antiracism apps and the impact on race and embodiment
Race and embodiment in antiracism apps from Alana Lentin on Vimeo. I gave a talk at the 10th Somatechnics Conference – Technicity, Temporality, Embodiment – at Byron Bay, 1-3 December 2016 on the antiracism apps project I am co-researching with Justine Humphry. You can listen here.
How apps and other online tools are challenging racist attacks
Justine Humphry and I have just published an article at The Conversation on our research into antiracism apps. More details about this ongoing research can be found here. In the aftermath of Brexit in the UK and the success of Pauline Hanson in the Australian Senate…