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Differences of Perceptions, Outputs and Outcomes of Racialized Faculty
Ramos, H., Li, P.S.
(Dalhousie University)
Friday 17 April 2015 11:00 - 12:30
PAPER SESSION 7
Census data shows that visible minority professors are underrepresented in Canadian universities. That data,
however, does not allow for an exploration of why that is the case. We present national data on the representation and
income of racialized faculty and new survey data on professors' perceptions of the academy from eight Canadian
universities. We also examine academic output and outcomes of professors and their relation to tenure and
promotion. Data show that visible minority professors are more skeptical of 'hard' measures of career success, such
as publications and grants, and believe that 'soft' measures, such as personality are linked with career success. The
survey also shows that visible minority professors publish at higher rates than other professors and win more grant
money, yet are generally less likely to be working in a tenure track position.
Race, Ethnicity and Migration 2
W709, HAMISH WOOD BUILDING
Sound System Multicultures: Between Dancehalls, Radio Waves and YouTube
James, M.
(University of Sussex)
Drawing on ethnographic material from two youth clubs, this paper explores the performance of YouTube music
videos in order think about the changing relationships between technology, performance and social life in outer East
London, and conjointly to understand shifts in black diasporic vernacular culture in urban Britain. The first part frames
the presentation through a conceptual discussion of cultural technology and black diasporic performance musics. The
second section develops these debates through a historical overview of the reggae sound system and pirate radio.
This locates the analysis of YouTube music videos in a social and cultural context of shifting vernacular forms.
Building on this theoretical and contextual base, the final section draws on ethnographic material to ask what YouTube
music videos reveal about transformations in urban multiculture. The conclusion evaluates the significance of these
social, cultural and technological transformations.
Competing Understandings of Multiculturalism in Two Super-diverse Urban Neighbourhoods in London and
Berlin
Juhnke, S.
(University of Manchester)
Based on doctoral research undertaken in super-diverse neighbourhoods in London and Berlin, this paper explores
how predominantly white and middle-class professionals relate to multiculturalism in changing urban settings. The
fieldwork sites are undergoing processes of accelerated gentrification and regeneration, and are equally well-known
for their ethnic, cultural and social diversity, as well as for their importance for creative economies, leisure time
consumption and 'hipster' culture. This paper will draw on data from in-depth interviews with creative professionals
living and working in these settings: artists, designers, filmmakers and social entrepreneurs. It is supplemented by
representations of these neighbourhoods in the respondents' creative output.
In the paper there will be exploration of how multiculturalism is understood, experienced and represented differently
both within and between the British and German capitals. It will highlight the significance of national context in shaping
both the forms multiculture assumes and the ways through which it is engaged with and by whom. The international
composition of the 'creative class' has a strong Western European and North American bias and plays out differently
in both cities. Whereas respondents in London 'integrate' into a cosmopolitan white middle class section of the
population, in Berlin they constitute a group that is understood as a 'new multiculturalism' which is positioned between
a white German majority culture and ethnic minorities. Looking closer at this dynamic promises to reveal the ways in
which gentrification, multiculture and creativity interact through the working practices of urban creative professionals.
Digital Throwntogetherness: Young Londoners Negotiating Urban Politics of Difference and Encounter on
Facebook
Leurs, K.
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
273 BSA Annual Conference 2015
Glasgow Caledonian University