SIG Meet & Discuss: Social Justice
Come and join the Social Justice SIG to discuss and plan activities for the next academic year. You will have the opportunity to suggest ideas we can work on in the future. We will also make sure...
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Chiying (Gigi) Lam, Dr
Lecturer of Community Music and Social Justice at University of Southampton
Dr Chiying Lam is a lecturer in Community Music and Social Justice at the University of Southampton. She also serves as the deputy director of Southampton Centre for Music Education and Social Justice. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr Lam completed her doctoral studies at the Royal College of Music, London. Her research focuses on musicians’ pedagogical practices and post-colonial discourses of power and identity within the music practitioner community. She holds a Bachelor of Education (Honours) and a Master of Arts in Music Education from the Education University of Hong Kong. Currently, she is the convenor of BERA’s Social Justice special interest group (SIG). Dr Lam is a trustee of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) and a former trustee of Soundmix, which provides music and art workshops for refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people. She also co-founded Little Bean Theatre, a bilingual family and early-years theatre that promotes the importance of heritage language.
Chiying (Gigi) Lam's contributions
Defining ‘Social Justice’ in Education and Educational Research: what do we, as practitioners and academics, mean? Part 2
This event will provide a forum to engage in important discussions, reflections and debate on ‘social justice’ in education and development of next steps with attendees in terms of action...
Editorial: Beyond ‘navel gazing’: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change
Autoethnography holds significant relevance as a methodology in social justice work within educational research and practice (Boylorn, 2006; Ellis, 2002; Skousen, 2022). It is defined as a...
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Beyond ‘navel gazing’: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change
In April and July of 2023, the BERA Social Justice special interest group (SIG) held an event titled ‘Beyond “Navel-gazing”: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change’. This event brought...
Defining ‘Social Justice’ in Education and Educational Research: what do we, as practitioners and academics, mean?
This 2-part event will provide a forum to engage in important discussions, reflections and debate on ‘social justice’ in education and development of next steps with attendees in terms of...
Defining ‘Social Justice’ in Education and Educational Research: what do we, as practitioners and academics, mean?
This 2-part event will provide a forum to engage in important discussions, reflections and debate on ‘social justice’ in education and development of next steps with attendees in terms of...
Defining ‘Social Justice’ in Education and Educational Research: what do we, as practitioners and academics, mean?
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The UN SDGs and educational research: “Hello, let’s talk about SDGs” – Exploring Students’ perspectives on the Sustainable Goals in Higher Education
In 2015, United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is framed around 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN describes these goals as “an...
