[Commlist] The Artist as Public intellectual - Invitation to Hybrid Showcase

*THE ARTIST AS PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL:*
*/…Bringing Rememory and Sankofa to Imagined Futures of Ethical 
Transnational Media Collaborations /*
*28TH AND 29TH NOVEMBER 2024*
*Video Information, **_here <https://youtu.be/UeOfi5fVM3c>_**. 
*Schedule, below
*Keynote Lecture: Dr. Jacqueline Maingard:* Associate Professor, Dept., 
of Film and Television. University of Bristol, UK. *_Date_:* 29 November 
2024. *_Time_:* 10:10am – 10:40am.
*Abstract*
This UKRI-HEIF funded event is facilitated by /Developing a Media 
Decolonisation Imaginary /(DMDI), an interdisciplinary network on ethics 
in transnational media research. Comprised of three universities, and 
thirty-one scholars, artists and media practitioners, it is led by 
*Bournemouth University's **_CESJ Centre 
<https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/centre-study-conflict-emotion-social-justice>_*, 
and *Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Ghana*. 
Partners include the University of the Liberal Arts, Bangladesh, Lanka 
Cine Media Sri Lanka, and the Wole Soyinka International Cultural 
Exchange (WSICE).
/"The Artist as Public Intellectual…/” adopts “Rememory” in ways Toni 
Morrison (1987) defines as the revisiting and reimagining of the past to 
heal, dream, and inspire innovations. It also invokes /Sankofa/, the 
Ghanaian philosophical call to a futuristic progress which must 
intentionally include relevant heritages of the past. With these 
concepts, this event engages worlds in the ‘Global South’ beyond 
academia. It seeks to learn how artistic knowledge-exchanges about 
histories, socio-cultural heritages, filmmaking, as well as indigenous 
knowledge systems of media, identity, gender, and textiles, can advance 
innovative ways for (re)thinking ethical transnational media engagements 
around research, practice/industry, and pedagogy. Specifically, this 
artistic showcase is interested in north-south transnational media 
collaborations, especially those vulnerable to extractive international 
collaborations. More details in the _EventBrite link 
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-artist-as-public-intellectual-tickets-1083086885029?aff=oddtdtcreator>_, 
here.
*Schedule:*
*Day 1 (28th November) 10:00am – 5:50pm: *
*Focus on UK Transnational Tracks*
*10:00am –10:30am*
*Introduction and Contexts of the Showcase*
*Introductions and Contexts of Event:*
*Prof. Karen Fowler-Watt:* Director: Centre for the Study of Conflict 
Emotion and Social Justice, Bournemouth University (BU), UK
*Prof. Scott Wright: *Deputy Dean, Faculty of Media and Communication, 
BU, UK
*Dr. Samantha Iwowo:* Principal Academic, BU, UK; Project Lead, 
Developing a Media Decolonisation Imaginary (DMDI)
*Prof. Charles Marfo:* Provost College of Humanities and Social 
Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana; 
co-Project Lead DMDI
*Lanka Bandaranayake:* Executive Director, Lanka Cine Media, Sri Lanka; 
DMDI Project Partner, South Asia
*Dr. Wendelin Morrison: *Knowledge Exchange Manager, Bournemouth 
University, UK.
**
*Panel I: */Windrush/*; */Those/ ‘Boat Crossings’
11:15am – 12:05pm
*Chairs:* *Imruh Bakari:* Co-Director, June Givanni Pan-African Cinema 
Archive (JGPACA), UK| Filmmaker.
*Maureen Salmon:* Associate Dean of Knowledge Exchange. London College 
of Communication University of the Arts London.
10:45am – 11:00am
	
*Chair’s Opening Remark:* "Decoding British (Post)Colonial Migrations 
and Coloniality".* Imruh Bakari. *
11:00am-11:15am
	
*Chair’s Opening Remark:* “Windrush: Forging Ahead”. *Maureen Salmon.*
11:15am – 11:20am
	
*Panel Introductions:*
*Ike Nnaebue:* Award-winning Director, /No U-Turn /(2022) | *Dr. 
Isabella Alexander-Nathani:* Founder & Executive Director, Small World 
Films. U.SA/Africa| *Hera Lorandos:* PhD candidate in Film Studies, 
King’s College London.
11:20am – 11:30am
	
Film Screening (an excerpt of the film): /No U-Turn/ (2022)
11:30am – 11:40am
	
Remark by the Director, Ike Nnaebue
11:40am – 11:50am
	
Remark by Dr. Isabella Alexander-Nathani
11:50am – 12:00pm
	
Remark by Hera Lorandos
*12:00pm - 12:10pm*
	
*Poetry Reading: *"The Images Take Wing". By *Prof. Nduka 
Otiono:* Director of the Institute of African Studies, Carleton 
University, Canada; Poet, Journalist, Writer. Poem is an excerpt from 
his monograph, /DisPlace /(2021).
*12:10pm – 12:25pm*
	
Q&A Session
*__*
*_NOTE that Panel 2, Panel 3 and Panel 4 Run Concurrently:_*
- *Panel 2 (12:30pm – 2:10pm): *Postscripts on Colonial (Dis-)Continuities
- *Panel 3 (1:30pm – 5:00pm): *A Self-Portraiture of Legacy: 
“Continuities of Precolonial Womanist Agency, in the Asante Political 
and Socio-Cultural Evolutions”
- *Panel 4 (1:30pm – 4:00pm): *Ubuntu Collaborations & Transnational 
Filmmaking: Bournemouth University Students & Alumni Speak.
**
*Panel 2 (12:30pm – 2:50pm): *Postscripts on Colonial (Dis-)Continuities
*Chairs: Prof. Anisha Datta: *King's University College at Western 
University, Canada
*Prof. Dr. Jude William Genilo:* Pro Vice Chancellor, University of 
Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
12:30pm – 12:40pm
	
*Opening Remark* by Prof. Anisha Datta.
12:40pm – 12:50pm
	
*Opening Remark by Prof. Dr. Jude William Genilo:*“Revisiting Anwar 
Hossain’s ’71” [Bangladesh].
12:50pm – 1:05pm
**
	
*Film Screening:* /Deferred./ Tagline: “Deferring that Unconditional 
Admission Offer”. Directed by Lanka Bandaranayake (DMDI research 
output). A documentary about the gender empowering possibilities of 
Higher Education in Sri Lanka, in the wake of the UK immigration changes.
1:05pm – 1:30pm
	
*Presentation:* “In-Between Two-Cloth Stories”. Mona Craven: A 
Presentation on Colonial Legacies in African Textiles. By, Mona Craven. 
South African Diaspora.
1:30pm – 1:45pm
	
*Film Screening (an excerpt): */Defying the Storm/ (2024). Directed by 
*Tazeen Bari*. A documentary on women activism in Pakistan.
**
*Panel Discussion: *“Sankofa in Bangladesh Visual Arts: Re-imagining the 
Past, Gazing at the Future”: The philosophy of Sankofa, originating from 
the Akan people of Ghana, teaches that we must return to our roots to 
move forward - reclaiming the good aspects of the past to guide the 
future. This concept, symbolized by a bird looking backward while moving 
forward, resonates deeply with contemporary Bangladesh, where current 
tensions around national identity and history underscore the need for 
Rememory and reflection.
1:45pm – 2:05pm
	
*Panel Presentation:* “Exploring Bangladesh Muslim Identity Through 
Cinema in a Culture War of Secularism and Faith”. Nandita Tabassum Khan: 
Senior Lecturer, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
2:05pm – 2:25pm
	
*Panel Presentation:* “Dhaka—A City of Contrast, Contradiction, and 
Uncertain Future”. Nibras Bin Sayed: Lecturer, University of Liberal 
Arts Bangladesh.
2:25pm – 3:00pm
	
*Q and A*

**
*Panel 3 (1:30pm – 4:00pm): *“A Self-Portraiture of Legacy: Continuities 
of Precolonial Womanist Agency, in the Asante Political & Socio-Cultural 
Evolutions”
*Chairs: Gelareh Roushan: *Professor in Digital Transformation, 
Bournemouth University (BU), UK.
*Prof. Kąrî'kạchä Seid'ou:* Associate Professor Department of Painting 
and Sculpture: Kwameh Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
1:30pm- 1:35pm
	
*Introduction and Showcase Context: *Prof Charles Marfo. Provost College 
of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science 
and Technology, Ghana; co-Project Lead, DMDI
1:35pm- 1:55pm
	
*Chair’s Opening Remark:* Prof Gelareh
1:45pm – 1:55pm
	
*Char’s Opening Remark:* Dr. Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie
1:55pm-2:15pm
	
*Presentation:* Advancement of Ghanaian Textiles through Decolonial 
Collaborations for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Dr. Cynthia 
Akua Chichi: Lecturer, Institute of Fashion Studies; KNUST, Ghana.
2:15pm- 2:35pm
	
*Film Screening:* /The Legacy of the Asante State: Queen Mothers’ Role 
in Influencing a Decolonisation thought in Ghana’s Political and 
Socio-Economic Evolution/ (2024). Directed by Fortune Tella.
*Panel Discussion:* “A Self-Portraiture of Legacy: Continuities of 
Precolonial Womanist Agency, in the Asante Political and Socio-Cultural 
Evolutions”.
2:40pm- 2:50pm
	
*Panellist Remark:* Prof. Kąrî'kạchä Seid'ou: Associate Professor 
Department of Painting and Sculpture: KNUST, Ghana.
2:50pm- 3:00pm
	
*Panellist Remark:* Dr. Eugenia Anderson: Adjunct Lecturer, Department 
of History and Political Studies: KNUST, Ghana.
3;00pm-3:10pm
	
*Panellist Remark: *Helena Osei-Egyir: PhD Candidate, University of 
Saskatchewan, Canada
3:10pm –4:00pm
	
Q&A
*Panel 4 (1:30pm – 5:00pm): *“Ubuntu Collaborations & Transnational 
Filmmaking: Bournemouth University Students & Alumni Speak”.
*Chair: Jeffery Ononiwu: *Vice President, Student’s Union, Bournemouth 
University (BU)
/All Introductory Remarks/:
1:30pm – 1:50pm
	
*Introduction and Event Contexts:* Dr. Samantha Iwowo| *Dr. Michael 
Sunderland:* Senior Lecturer, Communication and Journalism; Faculty Lead 
for Internationalisation Faculty of Media and Communication, BU.
Chair’s Introduction
*Panel Opening Remarks* by SUBU Leadership team, BU
1:50pm – 2:05pm
	
*Opening Remarks and Introduction of Vice-Chancellor, by Prof. Einar 
Thorsen:* Executive Dean of the Faculty of Media and Communication, BU, 
and Professor of Journalism and Communication.
2:05pm – 2:30pm
	
*Panel Opening Remarks by Prof. Alison Honour:* Vice Chancellor, BU
2:30pm – 2:45pm
	
*Film Screening (an excerpt): *Drama Series Pilot, /Sparrow 
Song/(forthcoming), Presented by Rogers Ofime and Team. Co-created by 
Students/Alumni of BU UK, Cornell University U.S., Arts University 
Bournemouth, and Manchester City University UK, and the Nigerian Film 
Industry, Nollywood. With the Supervision of Academics at BU.
2:45pm – 3:00pm
	
*Film Screening (an excerpt): */The New Man and the Old Bench/, by Baya 
Gandbold MA Directing Alumnae, BU.
3:00pm – 3:15pm
	
*Film Screening (an excerpt): */The Great NRI Adventure, /by Snehal 
Runwal. MA Directing Alumnae, BU.
3:15pm – 3:30pm
	
*Film Screening (an excerpt):* /When the Train Stops/, by Joy 
Amwe-Bulus. MA Directing Alumnae BU.
*3:30pm – 3:40*
	
*10-minute comfort Break.*
3:45pm – 4:15pm
	
*Film Screening:* OSCAR nominated film, RED BLUE GREEN, Directed by 
Amrutha Palaressi: BU alumnae of Film & TV, BU.
4:15pm - 4:45pm
	
Q&A
4:45pm – 5:00pm
	
*Closing Remarks:*
SUBU VP/SUBU Team; Dr. Samantha Iwowo; Dr. Michael Sunderland; HoD Media 
Production: Karl Rawstrone.
**
*Panel 5: *"Screenings & Discussions of DMDI Research Outputs".
*Chairs: Dr. Jose Blazquez: *Senior Lecture, Media Production, BU|
*Dr. Ezinne Ezepue: *Postdoctoral Researcher, Internationale Filmschule, 
Köln, Germany
4:00pm – 4:10pm
	
*Opening Remark and Introduction of Chairs* by *Dr. Teju Kareem:* Wole 
Soyinka International Cultural Exchange, Nigeria.
4:10pm – 4:20pm
	
*Chair’s Opening Remark:* Dr. Jose Blazquez
4:20pm - 4:40pm
	
*Photo-Exhibition:* “The Hands that Feed Us”: A Photography Exhibition 
on Immigration by *Dr. Rehan Zia:* Bournemouth University UK.
4:40pm – 5:00pm
	
*Film Screening*: / Allies in Action/ (2023). A Project led by *Dr. Brad 
Gyori:* Principal Academic in Digital Storytelling, Bournemouth University.
5:00pm- 5:20pm
	
*Film Screening:*/ An Ecuadorian Identity/ (2024).
5:20pm- 5:50pm
	
*Q&A*
5:50pm – 6:00pm
	
*10-Minute Break*
6:00pm – 6:10pm
	
*Chair’s Opening Remark: *Dr. Ezinne Ezepue
6:10pm – 6:30pm
	
*Film Screening: */5 Real Obstructions /(2024)/./ Q&A
6:30pm- 6:50pm
	
*Film Screening:* /In Conversation with a Wall /(2024). Directed by 
Samantha Iwowo (A DMDI Research Output).
6:50pm – 7:10pm
	
*Q&A*
7:10pm- 7:20pm
	
Closing Remarks for Day 1 - *Dr. Fortune Tella:* KNUST, Ghana & *Dr. 
Morountodun Joseph:* Visiting Fellow: Bournemouth University.
		

*_Day 2 (29th November 2024, 10:00am to 6:00pm): _*
*_Artists, Framing Futures_*
**
*9:30am – 1:50pm*
*Panel 6: Futures of Womanism *
*9:30am – 9:05am*
	
Prof. Karen Fowler-Watt (Director: CESJ, BU)
9:05am – 9:10am
	
Prof. Dr. Jude William Genilo (Pro Vice Chancellor - University of the 
Liberal Arts, Bangladesh)
9:10am – 9:15am
	
Dr. Fortune Tella (KNUST Ghana)
9:15am – 9:20am
	
Dr. Michael Sunderland (BU UK)
9:20am – 9:25am
	
Dumi Senda (EDI Lead, BBC, UK)
9:25am – 9:30am
	
Dr. Alastair Morrison (BU, UK)
10:10am- 10:40am
	
*Keynote -* *Dr. Jacqueline Maingard:* Reader, Department of Film and 
Television. University of Bristol, UK
10:40am-10:55am
	
*Q&A for Keynote*
*10:55am - 11:05pm*
	
*10-minute Comfort Break*
11:05am – 11:15am
	
*Introduction:* “Decolonial Futures of Womanism: A Preface on 
Conceptualising Onyeka Onwenu in Womanist Scholarship”. *Dr.Samantha 
Iwowo:* Principal Academic Directing for Film and TV, Bournemouth 
University| Principal Investigator: DMDI Network.
11:15am - 11:25am
	
*Excerpt of Film Screening*: /The Queen/*. *Directed by Chisom Ifeakandu
*Panel 5 Begins*
*Chairs: *
*Dr Christa van Raalte -* Associate Professor, Film & Television, BU, UK.
*Prof. Oluyinka Esan:* Professor of Broadcasting, Film & Development 
Communication, Caleb University, Nigeria.
11:25am – 11:45am
	
*Opening Remarks by Chairs *Dr. Christa van Raalte and Prof. Olayinka 
Esan (10 mins, each)
11:45am – 12:10pm
	
*Contribution: *“Onyeka Onwenu’s Artistic Career” by Dr. Tee Mac 
Iseli: Music Artist, /Philharmonic, Flautist,/ /Composer, Producer/.
12:10pm – 12:35pm
	
*Presentation:* “Social Transformation and Re-Orientation: Onyeka 
Onwenu’s Womanist Intervention in Songs”. Prof. Akachi Ezeigbo: English 
and Literary Studies Dept., Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria.
12:35- 1:00pm
	
*Presentation:* “You cannot Clap with One Hand”. By Prof. 
Ajayi-Soyinka:**Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Dept., 
University of Kansas, U.S.A.
**
*1:00pm: – 1:10pm*
*10-Minute Comfort break*
	
*Decolonial –Thought Presentations: “Futures of Womanist Leadership”*
1:10pm – 1:35pm
	
*Presentation:* /“Kukude Lapho Sivela Khona” (We’ve Come from 
Far)”./*//*By Keitu Gwangwa.
1:35pm – 1:55pm
	
*Presentation: *Dr. Vanessa Iwowo – Leadership and Decolonial Epistemologies
1:55pm – 2:15pm
	
Q&A for Film Excerpts and Presentations
2:15pm – 2:25pm
	
*Closing Remark:* Dr. Morountodun Joseph: Visiting Fellow, Bournemouth 
University.

*Lunch break: Lunch Break: 2:25pm – 3:25pm*
*3:30pm – 5:00pm*
*Panel 7:* University of Westminster Presentations: “Street-Stories: 
‘Rumours’ and ‘Gossip’, as Tools of Postcolonial Resistance”.
3:30pm – 5:00pm
	
*Chair:* Dr. Lookman Sanusi. Visiting Fellow, Communication and Media 
Research Institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster, UK | Industry 
Specialist, DMDI Network.
3:45pm – 3:55pm
	
*Book Reading by Prof. Nduka Otiono:* “The Night Hides with a Knife”. A 
Short Story from /The Night Hides with a Knife/ (1995), a Collection of 
Short Stories by**Nduka Otiono. Associate Professor and Director of the 
Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada. Poet, 
Journalist, Writer.
3:55pm – 4:05pm
	
*Presentation:* “Cultural Pluralisms: Neo-Nollywood and Biyi Bandele’s 
/Ẹlẹ́ṣin Ọba”/ (2022). Rejoice Abusta, PhD Candidate, Cornell University.
4:05pm - 4:10pm
	
*Book Reading by Akeem Lasisi:* “Whatever Befalls the Sea befalls the 
Fish”. Excerpt from /Iremoje: Ritual Poetry for Ken Saro Wiwa/ (2000). 
Akeem Lasisi: Academic: First Technical University, Ibadan, Nigeria| 
Performance Poet| Journalist.
4:10pm - 4:15pm
	
Video Screening: /Onarabu /(2017)/./ A satirical performance poem by 
Akeem Lasisi.
4:15pm - 4:25pm
	
*10-minute Comfort Break*
4:15pm - 4:25pm
	
*Presentation:* “Poets Like the Soldier Ants Probing”. Maria Ajima: 
Professor of Literature, Benue State University, Makurdi. Nigeria.
4:25pm - 4:35pm
	
*A Stage Play*: “The Beautiful Ones Had Sprouted”. Excerpt from /Circle 
/ (1997), by Maria Ajima. This work, in memory of Nigerian journalist, 
Dele Giwa, murdered by a letter-bomb in 1986, explores Rememory for 
artist resistance in a dictatorial state.
4:35pm - 4:55pm
	
*Q and A with panel *
4:55pm - 5:00pm
	
*Closing Remark: *Winston Mano. Professor/Course Director in Media and 
Communication Studies, University of Westminster, UK.
5:00pm – 5:15pm
	
*Return to BU for Showcase Closing Remarks:*
Dr. Jose Blazquez: Senior Lecturer BU. Dr. Paulina Kuranchie: Lecturer, 
Newcastle University, UK and Dr. Festus Adedoyin: Senior Lecturer BU.

**


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