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Date(s) - Thu - 28 Nov
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Kind reminder to attend the final UFC Seminar for 2019 – :The Women’s Poetry Writing Workshop”: An Intersectional Approach to Study Urban Mobility, by Dr Dudu S Ndlovu hosted by DUT’s Urban Futures Centre.
PRESENTER: Dr Dudu S Ndlovu
DATE: Thursday 28th November 2019
TIME: 12-1:30pm
VENUE: Steve Biko Campus – DUT, UFC offices, S2 Block, Level 4, Room DP4.01B (UFC Common Room). Entrance Gate 1 & 2. 79 Steve Biko Road
Migration research has provided rich insights into mobility and the negotiation of everyday urban life notwithstanding it categorising the urban population into sub-groups such as ‘migrant’ and ‘non-migrant’ a limitation that restricts our capacity to see mobility on a broader continuum. This has also tended to amplify the voices of male migrants at the expense of hearing and understanding female voices. While some of this research has been translated into policy, it has rarely been used to create dialogue with participants and their fellow city-zens. To move beyond these limitations I used poetry writing workshops with women to explore urban mobility and inclusivity in Johannesburg. In this seminar I reflect on the “women’s poetry writing workshop” method, the opportunity it presents to centre the women’s voices and provide space for dialogue.
Biography
Dr Dudu S. Ndlovu is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand, she holds a Newton Advanced Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, Centre for African Studies (CAS) (2018-2020). Her research interests include: exploring arts-based research methods as a form of decolonising knowledge production; interrogating intersectionality through narrative work; and analysing the gendered politics of memory. She completed her PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2017 focusing on Zimbabwean migrants’ use of art (poetry, music, drama, film) to navigate precarious lives; speak about violence – including the Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe and xenophobia in South Africa, and memorialise those events.