19th January 2009. Postgraduate Workshop

Panel's Interests

Roshini Kempadoo

Roshini Kempadoo has been a lecturer and researcher in photography, digital media production and cultural studies. She is currently Reader in Media Practice at the School of Social Sciences, Media, and Cultural Studies, University of East London. Her practice is fundamentally interdisciplinary: “My research and artwork is concerned with re-interpretations of historical and contemporary material of the Caribbean and Britain. I explore colonial and postcolonial Caribbean and Britain through the use of digital media and networked environments.”

Presentations as guest speaker include:
“Lens-Based Research Practice: New Directions,” AVPhD network, Media Research Institute, University of Ulster & The Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland, (2008).
“Crossing (Cultural) Borders? Reflections on Inter -, Multi -, Trans,” NIECI/WISCA workshop Bangor University, Wales. (2008)
Publications include:
“Amendments: A fictional re-imagining of the Trinidad archive.” Journal of Media Practice, 9:2, (2008) pp. 87 – 99. http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=14682753
“Back Routes: Historical articulation in Multimedia Production.” In Grossman, A. and O’Brien, A. (Eds.) Projecting Migration: Transcultural Documentary Practice. London, Wallflower Press. (2007) pp. 199 - 215. http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk

http://www.roshinikempadoo.co.uk/index.html

For further information please contact
Nikki Counley N.Counley@lboro.ac.uk
Hema Naran hnaran@dmu.ac.uk