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SUMMARY:ARRC Talk with Adèle Oliver - Black artistic resistance &amp\; su
 ppression  -  Adèle Oliver (Art not Evidence\; University of Glasgow)
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CONTACT:Dita NL
DESCRIPTION:We will be joined by Adèle Oliver\, scholar\, artist\, lingui
 st\, and the author of the landmark book Deeping It: Colonialism\, Culture
  & Criminalisation of UK Drill. The book is an evidence-based call to keep
  rap lyrics outside of UK criminal courts steeped in British colonial hist
 ory. This talk will explore some key concerns of Oliver’s book Deeping I
 t\, tracing the aesthetic\, musical\, and liberatory legacies behind the f
 orce that is drill. Adèle will also discuss the process of writing the bo
 ok and dismantling hierarchies of knowledges as well as where the campaign
  Art not Evidence intervenes on the current use of rap lyrics in UK courts
 . Expect readings\, music\, movement in this exploration of Black artistic
  resistance\, expression\, and suppression.\n\nLight refreshments provided
 . All are welcome! The book can be borrowed from the Homerton College Libr
 ary\; for electronic version of the selected reading email an564. \n\nWe w
 ill be joined by the speaker for formal dinner at Homerton New Dining Hall
  and there is a limited number of complimentary guest tickets for dinner f
 or participants external to Homerton. \n\nRSVP via this short form: https:
 //forms.gle/jEj7p87PUFDFUXmz6\nEvent page: https://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/
 events/anti-racist-reading-collective-2 \n\nSpeaker bio: Adèle Oliver is 
 a writer\, artist and PhD researcher from Birmingham. Her book Deeping It:
  Colonialism\, Culture and Criminalisation of UK Drill counters panic-fuel
 led discourse on UK drill\, gang violence\, and knife crime\, ‘deeping
 ’ drill as a complex Black artform\, born out of generations of commenta
 ry on and resistance to technologies of colonialism\, consumerism\, anti-B
 lackness\, and more. Adèle is also a core member of Art Not Evidence and 
 works as an expert witness in cases that use Black youth culture\, music\,
  and idiomatic language as evidence of bad character\, criminality and/or 
 gang affiliation. Outside of this work\, Adèle is a musician\, producer\,
  and avid capoeirista.
LOCATION:Skillicorn Room\, Homerton College and Online
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