Join us in welcoming Dr. Francesca Sobande, who will be leading a session under our theme, ‘.Digital Spaces & Creative Methodologies’. This session reflects on the changing currents of digital culture and technology. It draws on experiences of digital creativity and collaborations focused on Black life in Scotland, Wales, and beyond. Reflecting on that, the session addresses some of the possibilities presented by digital forms of creating and communicating as part of work related to Black history and archives. There will be a Q&A session at the end, so please come prepared with questions and comments.

Bio: Francesca Sobande is a writer and researcher, who lives in Cymru (Wales). Her books include Big Brands Are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture (University of California Press, 2024), Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and COVID-19 (SAGE, 2022), and The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Francesca is co-author/co-dreamer with layla-roxanne hill of Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland (Bloomsbury, 2022) and the free graphic novel and animation Black Oot Here: Dreams O Us (2023). Her bylines include Disegno, Paste Magazine, and The Vinyl Factory. Francesca enjoys midnight skies and all things emo.———————-
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