projects
‘Surviving the City’ from pamphlet Beyond The Myth: Single Mothers and Their Sons. Illustration: Chikaboo Designs.
Archiving the Inner City: Race and the Politics of Urban Memory
Led by Dr Gareth Millington at University of York, this project is examining how the 20th century inner city is remembered, how it is curated, by whom and for what purposes. The project examines experiences of and perspectives on historically ‘black neighbourhoods’ across London, Philadelphia and Paris. The project is collecting less heard narratives and studying related archives - both public and private collections. This is to critically address the distorted and superficial public representations of the urban past which have come to define such spaces.
The Realities of Single Motherhood in Urban England
This ongoing study examines the nature of single motherhood in the context of urban and structural inequalities, using in-depth biographic interview and ethnographic research methods. Building on the findings of my PhD research, which indicated the stark inaccuracy of stereotypes and the unfairness of stigma, the project examines the experiences of a larger, more diverse sample of single mother families. it examines how various social forces work to shape experiences at intersections of race, class, gender and family structure, and the ways women and the young people they raise respond to these.
R E S E A R C H I N T E R E S T S:
INTERSECTIONAL SINGLE MOTHERHOOD
INTERSECTIONAL INEQUALITIES
BLACK WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF FAMILY