Researching the Rainbow

Oct 19 2022 2
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Join us on Researching the Rainbow to hear more about the exciting and thought-provoking advances in LGBTQIA+ research. Listen to staff and student researchers across a wide range of disciplines talk about their work… and themselves! Researching the Rainbow is coming (out) to you from a flamboyant little closet in the Locke Building at the University of Kent, UK. Hosted by the wonderful Rasa Mikelyte (she/her), and produced by the fabulous Josh Turner (he/him) this podcast is for anyone who’s into exploring the big queer questions!Follow us on Instagram @Researching_The_Rainbow

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Trude Sundberg on researching alongside marginalised communities

Oct 19 2022 45 mins  
Join Dr Trude Sundberg (they/them) in conversation about their work as a collaborative researcher, working alongside local to international marginalised communities. This wonderful conversation explores ethical ethnographic research, and how academics can question their role, their power and their contribution to the community involved in their collaborative research. Check their E

Declan Kavanagh in conversation about queer literature studies, effeminacy and identity

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Koen Slootmaeckers on LGBTQ+ Politics in Serbia

Sep 06 2022 41 mins  
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Helen Brooks on Beyond the Binary: Performing Gender Then and Now

Aug 25 2022 39 mins  
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Saskia Hennecke on TikTok and Tattoos as queer counter power in Uganda

Aug 09 2022 27 mins  
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The Future of Legal Gender with Flora Renz

Jul 26 2022 48 mins  
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Michael Redmond on Goodbye to Berlin & Kiss of the Spider Woman, LGBTQ+ comparative literature

Jul 19 2022 48 mins  
Join MA student Michael Redmond (he/they) in this captivating conversation on their LGBTQ+ comparative literature research. Michael explores the queer obsession with escapism in Christopher Isherwood’s Goodbye to Berlin (Cabaret) and Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman. Unfortunately Michael was telling the truth in saying they were a “mystery”, be sure to furiously Goog

The impact of LGBT+ inclusive media with Kirsty Gravestock

Jul 12 2022 30 mins  
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LGBTQ+ Inclusive Care with Jolie Keemink

Jul 08 2022 29 mins  
Join Dr Jolie Keemink (she/her) in conversation about her amazing research exploring LGBTQ+ inclusive care provision. You can find Jolie on Twitter on @JolieRosanneVisit our Buzzsprout page hereFollow us on Instagram @Researching_The_Rainbow