All Outputs (11)

Reflections on anti-racism and memorialisation from South West UK (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2022, December). Reflections on anti-racism and memorialisation from South West UK. Presented at OHCHR in-person consultations: Advancing racial justice and equality for Africans and people of African descent in Europe, UN House, Boulevard du Régent 37-40, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Sobers spoke at a roundtable discussion with 20 human rights advocates from across Europe, at the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR), Brussels. Sobers talked about the King Leopold II statue in Brussels, and points of... Read More about Reflections on anti-racism and memorialisation from South West UK.

Photography and the representation of Black lives (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2022, October). Photography and the representation of Black lives

This half-day workshop explored the role of photography in the representation and exploration of Black cultural ideas, from history to the present day. Led by Professor Shawn-Naphtali Sobers, the session included a lecture in three parts, looking... Read More about Photography and the representation of Black lives.

What does decolonising the curriculum mean? (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Evans, M., & Sobers, S. (2020, June). What does decolonising the curriculum mean?. Presented at UWE Festival of Learning 2020

What does decolonising the curriculum mean? What practical steps can I make to adapt my teaching? Myra Evans and Dr Shawn Sobers explore the issue and ideas and actions to make change. The session has been designed to help staff to consider how they... Read More about What does decolonising the curriculum mean?.

What's next for the future of Decolonial practice? (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2020, February). What's next for the future of Decolonial practice?

Panel discussion with Dr Errol Francis, Dr Angelina Osbourne, Stacey Olika, Jennifer Sharratt and Matthew Branch. On the topic of; - Is Decolonisation the appropriate word for this work, or is it Diversification? - What does a Decolonised future... Read More about What's next for the future of Decolonial practice?.

Connection People and Places - Fairfield House case study (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2019, September). Connection People and Places - Fairfield House case study. Presented at Stephen Lawrence 19th Annual Memorial Lecture

Fairfield House was one of the case studies for the Connection People and Places research project, led by the Stephen Lawrence Trust in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). In my opening talk I explained the history... Read More about Connection People and Places - Fairfield House case study.

Re-definitions (educational app) (2019)
Other
Sobers, S. (2019). Re-definitions (educational app). London

As a result of speaking at the National Conference for Religious Education Advisers in July 2018, Sobers was approached to speak about the Rastafari faith on the RE-Definitions app, which is an educational resource featuring key terms and definitions... Read More about Re-definitions (educational app).

Blood Sugar - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire - A slavery connected history (2018)
Digital Artefact
Sobers, S. (2018). Blood Sugar - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire - A slavery connected history

This film has been made by the Nottingham based Slave Trade Legacies (STL) group with Dr Shawn Naphtali Sobers, based on a poem by Michelle 'Mother' Hubbard. STL is a mainly African Caribbean group working to gain acknowledgement of the contribution... Read More about Blood Sugar - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire - A slavery connected history.

Walking interconnections: Walking in someone else's shoes (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Porter, S., Parfitt, A., & Wheeler, A. (2014, November). Walking interconnections: Walking in someone else's shoes. Presented at Thinking Futures, MShed, Bristol, UK

'Walking Interconnections' is a research project that worked in the Bristol region from 2013 – 2014 using walking, conversation and creative activities as methods to trigger communication between self-identified disabled people and sustainability pra... Read More about Walking interconnections: Walking in someone else's shoes.

7 days after 47 (Nothing Matters Everything Matters, part 2)
Digital Artefact
Sobers, S. (2019). 7 days after 47 (Nothing Matters Everything Matters, part 2)

Commissioned by Kosar Contemporary Gallery, Sobers revisited his 2013 film 'Nothing Matters Everything Matters' with Tim Andrews, and made a new film of his own inner thoughts and feelings, at the event of turning 47 years old. Made structured around... Read More about 7 days after 47 (Nothing Matters Everything Matters, part 2).

Stories of Hidden Presence in Bath City
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Sobers, S. (2016). Stories of Hidden Presence in Bath City

A collaborative research project exploring the presence of Black people in Bath city in the Georgian era. Young people from Black Families Education Support Group conducted research with Bath Record Office, and commissioned me to visualize their find... Read More about Stories of Hidden Presence in Bath City.

Out of the mouth of babes: 6-11 years olds reflect on learning Black historical narratives
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Sobers, S. (2015). Out of the mouth of babes: 6-11 years olds reflect on learning Black historical narratives

Working with children from Hannah More Primary School, Bristol, I brought together their reflections of working on an intensive week long Black history project with a groups of local artists. UWE BA Photography students documented the activities of t... Read More about Out of the mouth of babes: 6-11 years olds reflect on learning Black historical narratives.