Research Associates

RGC is an intellectual home and community space in Johannesburg, South Africa, for new and established scholars, creative practitioners and activists working across Africa and the Black diaspora.

 
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“Critical South”

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“Postcolonial Hauntologies”

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“Fictions of Feminine Citizenship”

“This is not the correct history”

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“The Predicament of Blackness”

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“Beyond Coloniality”

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“Technologies of Care”

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“As Black as Resistance”

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“Transnational Black Radicalism”

“Everything is a Deathly Flower”

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“Afro-fabulations”

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“On Blackness and Being”

 
 
 

Black Digital South Residency Fellows

RGC’s annual Black Digital South residency programme creates hospitable spaces and platforms for artists, scholars and activists to address the ‘digital turn’ from Global South locations, perspectives and experiences.

 

“Burundi & the Politics of Indigeneity”

“Whisper Network: Intelsat 502”

 
 

RGC Board

An invited board of dynamic scholars, activists and creative practitioners bring wisdom, vision, resources and accountability to the RGC team and community. Board members are also instrumental in selecting candidates for RGC digital residencies, scholarships and other opportunities.

 
 
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“A Black Gaze”

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“Laying Claim to a Name”

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“Queering Queer Africa”

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“Black Feminist Queer Internationalist”

 
 
 

Research Fellows

RGC has a cohort of Research, PhD and Post-doctoral Fellows whose projects support and enrich the community life and programming of the centre.

 
 

Danielle Bowler

“Cultural Intellectualism”

“House of Complaints”

“Existential refugee”