Navigating Media Narratives and Cultural Frameworks: Lessons from Anti-Colonial Organizing

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The Centre for Media, Culture & Education is launching a new series focused on media and cultural studies. This series offers graduate students (PhD and Master's) at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ an opportunity to present their in progress research, engage in discussions, and receive feedback. The series will be an in-person event, supplemented with Zoom to permit virtual audience attendance as well.

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Join us at the first CMCE Critical Currents Works-in-Progress Series.

Discussion Topics:

  • How cultural narratives and media representations shape the motivations driving collective action
  • The role of media in shaping perceptions of oppression and hope, and its impact on movement communication strategies
  • Community-oriented worldviews as a force for care and solidarity.

Lunch will be provided.

²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ the speakers

Hoda Gharib (she/her)

Hoda is a PhD candidate, student success advisor, and co-founder of a research consultancy. She researches the factors that mobilize and sustain activism, aiming to empower collective action and meaningful change.

Sara Rasikh (she/her)

Sara is a student organizer and an MA student in Social Justice Education at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½. Her research investigates the role of media portrayals in shaping participation, safety, and solidarity within social justice movements.