Dr Edward Ademolu

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Both chapters grapple with the messy, emotional, political stuff we often sanitise in methodology sections. Research isn’t clean. Reflexivity isn’t optional. #Fieldwork is lived, not just located.

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Chapter 42: Not Quite Picture Perfect

On the use (and misuse) of participant-drawings in focus groups.
Moments of awkwardness, misinterpretation, and unintended offence. Visual methods aren’t innocent—they demand care, context, and critique.
#VisualMethods #ParticipatoryResearch

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Chapter 40: Repositioning Insider Dynamics
Are all skinfolk really kinfolk?

This chapter unpacks the complexity of being a “co-ethnoracial” researcher—when shared identity doesn’t guarantee shared understanding. Positionality ≠ solidarity.
#Reflexivity #InsiderResearch

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Just realised (a week late 🙃) that I’ve got two chapters in the new Routledge Handbook of Field Research! Big thanks to @hamstertowers.bsky.social & Naomi Holmes! Find them here:

Ch.40: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Ch.42: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

#Fieldwork #QualMethods

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🚨 New Article 🚨
What happens when you give adult participants a blank map of Africa and colouring pencils?

My new piece explores drawings, resistance, gendered performance & epistemological theatre — with stickmen.
Open access 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Non-government organisations fail to acknowledge role of Whiteness in entrenching racism, says new paper A new paper argues that international non-government organisations (INGOs) need to confront the role of Whiteness in their history and work to become truly anti-racist.

💡 INGOs are 'colour-blind' when communicating anti-racism by not considering their own role in racist structures, says new research by Dr @eddyade.bsky.social (@kingsinterhums.bsky.social) and Dr Eilish Dillon (@maynoothuniversity.ie) in a new paper for @ersjournal.com.

🔗 Read more 👇

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6/ Recommendations? Drop symbolic gestures and embrace structural accountability. Real anti-racism means critically engaging race, challenging #Whiteness, and empowering diaspora communities as meaningful stakeholders in #DevComms discourse and practice.

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5/ Development representations don't just affect continental Africans "over there". Our paper reveals deep psychological and social impacts on African diaspora communities "right here", challenging how they see themselves and their heritage.

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4/ From #ComicRelief to ethical guidelines, the visual portrayal of African communities as perpetual victims isn't just problematic imagery—it's structural, shaping how diaspora identities are seen (or ignored).

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3/ We argue that by refusing to confront #Whiteness explicitly, #INGOs sustain power structures that marginalise African diasporic voices in the UK and Ireland, turning ethical promises into empty gestures.

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2/ Despite global calls to #decolonise, development orgs often choose #ColourBlindnes—a cosy but dangerous neutrality. Our analysis reveals how avoiding explicit racial discourse preserves deeper inequalities.

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1/ Ever notice how some anti-racism efforts quietly sidestep race itself? Our new paper explores the paradox of 'raceless antiracism' in #DevelopmentComms and how it keeps #AfricanDiaspora communities invisible.

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📢ANNND ITS FINALLY OUT!!! "The Proverbial Elephant in the Room: ‘Raceless’ Antiracism, Development Communications & African Diaspora Invisibility." Just published this ⏬ with the brilliant Dr Eilish Dillon for a #SpecialIssue on #Antiracism in
@ersjournal.com www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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