Category: Digital

Being Human Now: Part 1, for The Wellcome Collection

20/12/2020

We asked a cross-section of our collaborators and community: What does it mean to be human, now? In these short films 11 contributors respond to the question, generously sharing their personal experiences of life and work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Supporting Ourselves in Changing Times: an in-conversation between Cheryl Martin and Rianna Walcott for The Wellcome Collection

20/12/2020

Listen to a conversation between artist/writer Cheryl Martin and writer Rianna Walcott reflecting on their own experiences of mental health and care practices during and emerging from this global health crisis.

Black Joy on Black Twitter - an in conversation with André Brock

28/10/2020

Black Joy on Black Twitter: An In-Conversation with André Brock - King's College London

As we continue to endure the privations forced upon us by the pandemic and various government responses thereto, it is important to locate sources of joy. Writing about Black cyberculture often revolves around oppression, resistance, labor, or consumption. Brock, however, argues that Black digital practice's deviation from technocultural practice and desire can be understood as a feature, not a bug.

Black British Digital Humanities - an in conversation with Dr Francesca Sobande, Keisha Bruce, and Rianna Walcott

27/10/2020

Black British Digital Humanities - King's College London

A conversation between Dr. Francesca Sobande, Rianna Walcott, and Keisha Bruce about their research in Black British Digital Humanities, Francesca's latest book, the Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain, and their experiences as Black British scholars. Recorded on October 27th, 2020.

Great-ish: The Gaslighting of a Nation

15/10/2020

Rianna Walcott responds to De'Anne Crooks' Great-ish: The Gaslighting of a Nation, exploring the collective gaslighting of the Black community in Britain.

The Digital Lives and Research of Black Women in Britain

7/10/2020

WhatsApp aunties and the spread of fake news - Wellcome Collection

7/7/2020

WhatsApp chat groups are fertile soil for misinformation to spread among older adults, which is particularly damaging during a pandemic. Rianna Walcott finds out how best to counter fearmongering advice.
Words by Rianna Walcott and artwork by Maïa Walcott 7 July 2020

Surviving Society Podcast - Goldsmiths University

26/11/2019

This week were joined by the Rianna who is the co-founder of Project Myopia; co-editor of the Colour of Madness and PhD researcher at Kings College London. We discuss whiteness within the academy, decolonising H.E and mental health and illness for Black and Brown people in the UK.
We are particularly passionate during this episode so expect some strong language!