E010 The Guest Reflection with Janine Francois, Rita Gayle & Agostinho Pinnock

‘Telling It Like It Is: Placing Black scholarship during COVID-19’ Janine, Rita and Agostinho deliver a lively conversation drawing upon community, personal and professional experiences as they discuss the impact of COVID-19 globally and the responses of Black scholarship. Guest Hosts Janine Francois is a Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London and is a Ph.D student exploring, ‘Can Tate be a ‘safe(r) space’ to discuss race and cultural differences within a teaching and learning context? This is a collaboration between Tate and the University of Bedfordshire. Janine is also a Cultural Producer, working across live events, performance and exhibitions, whose practice is informed by Black Feminism and ethics of ‘care.ʼ You can follow her via twitter and instagram: @itsjaninebtw Rita Gayle is an educator, film-maker and creative working at the intersections of race, gender and cultural geography. Rita is currently investigating the Millennial generation of Black feminist, womxn and non-binary collectives as they navigate their inclusion/exclusion in Britain's creative and cultural industries. Rita is based at the Department of Geography, University of Birmingham and tweets @rita_gayle. Agostinho Pinnock is a Jamaican, Black Studies Researcher, fiction writer and educator. He is based at the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT): Feminism, Sexual Politics and Visual Culture, at Loughborough University. Agostinho’s research is located at the intersections of art history, Black geographies and performance studies. It explores how the visual and ‘unofficial’ performing arts question the myth of national identity in Jamaica. Agostinho tweets @AgostinhoP.