Black British Studies: Beyond Windrush
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- Start Date: 12 May 2025End Date: 16 Jun 2025Mon (Daytime): 10:30 - 12:30In PersonFull fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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What is the course about?
In this course, we will critically assess and discuss the role and development of notions of Black Britishness, Ubuntu and theoretical frameworks of understanding Blackness as well as tenets and key features of life for those members of the Black community who reside in Britain as well as a generational changes, for example the Black Churches and Black Rites of Passage and Black Pound day.
What will we cover?
- Black Nationalism, Black Power and Pan-Africanism
- Black Hair is Political:Barber shop Chronicles and the power of hair salons
- Pardner, Credit Unions and the Black Pound
- The Black Church, Black Spirituality, Islam and the power of Faith and Resilience
- Soul Food from Jerk Chicken to Jollof Rice (Bring and share African and Caribbean food)
- Black Rites of Passage, Weddings, Gender Reveals, Naming Ceremonies, Christenings, 1st birthday parties, Nine Nights and funerals.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Identify different theoretical explanations of the black experience(s)
- Demonstrate that black hair is Political and is policed by white society
- Describe the power of faith and Resilience
- Evaluate the role of food in black culture.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is suitable both for newcomers to the subject and for those who have some background knowledge. You will need a good grasp of English to keep up with the course. An ability and willingness to explore relevant shared resources will increase what you get out of the course.
However, as with most of our history, politics and current affairs courses, an open mind and a respectful willingness to listen to and think about views with which you do not always agree are more important than specific levels of skills.
Given the sensitive nature of some of the topics the course will explore, we also expect everyone to engage group and class discussions with respect and the willingness to learn from others.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Interactive lecture, group discussion, role play, video and podcast clip and materials for engagement between courses sessions, e.g. relevant extracts, articles or video or podcasts for engagement between course sessions.
Your tutor is Michele Scott, an experienced Criminologist and Sociologist who has taught in a range of colleges, such as City of Westminster and Universities such as Birkbeck, LSE and London Metropolitan University as a Lecturer on courses such such as the Sociology of Crime and Deviance, Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity as well as Black Studies, Law, Justice and Society, Criminal Justice and Criminological courses.
Michele is also an advocate for neurodiverse and SEND children. She also attained a wealth of voluntary experience surrounding supporting the needs of the parents of neurodiverse children. Alongside, neurodiverse children themselves and schools in attaining EHCPs for neurodiverse children. As well as ensuring their needs are effectively met within these educational establishments.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
No, apart from note-taking materials.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
HMI31 Black British Studies: Ethnicity, Race and Society
HPC239 Gender, Intersectionality and Women’s studies.
Michele Scott is an experienced Criminologist and Sociologist who has taught in a range of colleges, such as City of Westminster and Universities such as Birkbeck, LSE and London Metropolitan University as a Lecturer on courses such such as the Sociology of Crime and Deviance, Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity as well as Black Studies, Law, Justice and Society, Criminal Justice and Criminological courses. Michele is also an advocate for neurodiverse and SEND children. She also attained a wealth of voluntary experience surrounding supporting the needs of the parents of neurodiverse children. Alongside, neurodiverse children themselves and schools in attaining EHCPs for neurodiverse children. As well as ensuring their needs are effectively met within these educational establishments.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.