Books by Roshi Naidoo
Book Chapters by Roshi Naidoo
in Robert Philips and Helen Brocklehurst (eds) History, Identity and the Question of Britain (Pal... more in Robert Philips and Helen Brocklehurst (eds) History, Identity and the Question of Britain (Palgrave, 2004).
Journal Articles and Reports by Roshi Naidoo
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2024
UK museums are embracing decolonisation as a discourse and an institutional cultural policy. The... more UK museums are embracing decolonisation as a discourse and an institutional cultural policy. There has been a shift in the sector whereby discussions of colonial violence and white supremacy have become more common. Do we feel optimism at this turn or should we also be wary? Just as the museum has historically helped determine the canon of knowledge, it can also determine the ways in which we unpack and critique that canon. It can seek to manage its troubling ‘others’ in ways which may both give voice to them, but also contain and limit those voices. It can be the means through which it manages a fear of its own engulfment and loss of power and authority. How will institutions deal with the fact that we are not coming for ‘inclusion’ but for power? Viewed through the prism of my own work with museums and informed by Space Invaders and Puwar’s observation that black women are ‘offered the floor to speak of marginality’ (p. 73), this piece will give a personal analysis of my shifting spatial and somatic discomfort as structural and political.
Soundings , 2021
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We invited a range of contributors to reflect on the European referendum results -its specific im... more We invited a range of contributors to reflect on the European referendum results -its specific implications for particular places and communities and its wider ramifications for the future of British politics.
Identity politics is often misrepresented as undermining our ability to forge a sense of our coll... more Identity politics is often misrepresented as undermining our ability to forge a sense of our collective humanity, leaving us trapped in single-issue debates and unable to develop meaningful connections outside of our group. Roshi Naidoo argues that the opposite is true: it is through, rather than in spite of, identity that we can find solidarity, connection and a more profound sense of humanity that embraces rather than suppresses difference in the name of a greater good.
This article explores how the axis between heritage on the ‘inside’ and heritage on the ‘outside’... more This article explores how the axis between heritage on the ‘inside’ and heritage on the ‘outside’ is imagined and produced, theoretically, politically and institutionally. It asks which outsider narratives are privileged and which are contained, and what the management of these boundaries inadvertently tells us about the politics and anxieties of the ‘inside’. It offers reasons for the pervasiveness of the border despite various initiatives to invite the outside in.
Roshi Naidoo looks at cultural texts of migration and argues that while a diversity of experience... more Roshi Naidoo looks at cultural texts of migration and argues that while a diversity of experience must be acknowledged the power of collective narratives should not be underestimated.
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Books by Roshi Naidoo
Book Chapters by Roshi Naidoo
Journal Articles and Reports by Roshi Naidoo
Exploring the complexity of Bowie's cultural role, Roshi analyses her personal experiences of his music and imagery.
These individual experiences also become a means to discuss the role of art and culture in expressing identity politics, and the fraught processes of cultural appropriation and interpretation. "