Intersectionality, Black British feminism and resistance in education: a roundtable discussion

Abstract

This roundtable discussion was the opening plenary panel of the 7th Gender and Education Association Conference, entitled ‘Regulation and Resistance’, held at the Institute of Education, London, 25–27 March 2009. The discussion centred on exploring the historical development and continuing relevance of intersectional and Black British feminist approaches for contemporary debates in gender and education.

Notes

1. As described in the introduction to this special issue, Grace Livingstone, a Jamaican national who travels with a US Green Card, was another plenary panellist, scheduled to present at the GEA 2009 Conference. On the Saturday prior to the conference Grace was detained at Heathrow. Held for 11 hours, she was eventually refused entry and sent back to the USA. According to Grace, passport control refused to accept she was a keynote speaker at a UK university event.