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Dr Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris

Dr Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Fellow in Media, Communication and Development

Department of Media and Communications

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Languages
English, Spanish
Key Expertise
Media, Race and Ethnicity; Coloniality; Ethnic Minority Media, Foreign Aid.

About me

Dr Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris is ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications, where she teaches on MSc Media, Communication and Development, Media Theories, Methods and Humanitarian Communications.

Dr Harris holds a PhD in Media and Communications from Hong Kong Baptist University where she examined the exogenous influence of foreign intervention in analysing Malawi's media system. Prior to this, she has over 10 years working experience in media and human rights across Central and Southeast Asia, Africa and South America, focusing specifically on training young journalists and activists on freedom of expression, ethical image-making and reporting, campaigning, and countering hate speech.

Her core research interests and expertise centre on the intersection between media, race, coloniality, and international development. At present, she is carrying out research on the monetisation and commodification of Black, Brown, and Indigenous bodies by (I)NGOs on social media in the ‘Global South.’ This research aims to advance indigenous, critical race, and postcolonial perspectives on the critical political economy of the media as a means of contributing to a deeper interdisciplinary investigation into the neoliberal logic of racial capitalism. Other research focuses on the influence of racist public policies and elite discourses on the Black British Press and the fear of using Critical Race Methodologies by (I)NGOs.

Her pedagogy draws from ideas, theoretical frameworks, and case studies that reposition media and communication studies outside the Western European/Northern American axis.

Listen to a podcast series by launched by Dr Pablo Morales and Dr Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris titled Epistemic reflexivity: a tool to“decolonise” teaching and learning practices .

Watch Dr Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris's research video Synthesising institutional racism, public policy, and ethnic minority media .

Expertise Details

Media; Race and Ethnicity; Coloniality; Ethnic Minority Media; Foreign Aid.

Publications

Selected publications

  • Harris, S.T.G. (2024). . Special Issue in The European Journal of Development Research. Springer Nature. 
  • Gondwe Harris, S, T., Mfula, C. and Manthalu, C. (2024). 'Piecemeal pedagogies - Reflecting on the nature, context and impact of journalism training and education in Malawi and Zambia' in n E. Borges Rey, S. Bebawi and B. Mutsvairo (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South. Taylor & Francis.
  • Gondwe Harris, S. T. (2022). “Aquí no hay negros” Policies of Invisibilization and the Impact on Afro-descendent Media in Argentina in Gladkov, A. and Jamil, S. (eds.) .Ethnic Journalism in the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, 113-139. 
  • Gondwe Harris, S. T. (2021). 'Manufacturing the Liberal Media Model Through Developmentality in Malawi' in Pait, H. and Laet, J. (ed.) Media, Development and Democracy (Studies in Media and Communications), Vol 22, 23-44. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Gondwe Harris, S. T. (2018). 'Questioning the Role of Foreign Aid' in Mutsvairo, B. (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa, 401-412. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
  • Mutsvairo, B. and Gondwe Harris, S. T. (2016). 'Rethinking Mobile Media Tactics in Protests: A Comparative Case Study of Hong Kong and Malawi' in Wei, R. (eds,) Mobile Media, Political Participation, and Civic Activism in Asia. New York: Springer.
  • Gondwe Harris, S. T. (2016). 'The Manifestation of Neoliberalism in Digital Migration: An Extension of Hegemony', Journal of Media Critiques, Vol 2 (7), 35-53. 

Forthcoming

  • Morales, P. & Gondwe Harris, S, T. (2024). Epistemic reflexivity: a tool for de-centring pedagogical practices.
  • Gondwe Harris, S. T. (2024). From Buenos Aires to Brixton: The Influence of Institutional Racism on the Black Press.