AFLO

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Decolonising Creative Expression: Empowering Self and Others

De Montfort University

AFLO. the poet is a Brighton based spoken word artist, activist and academic. Focusing on race, mental health, trauma recovery and decolonial understandings, AFLO. uses poetry as a vehicle to address hard-hitting topics. AFLO. started her journey into poetry as a means of listening to herself and allowing herself to be heard, and has now developed spaces and platforms to enable others to do the same, with a particular focus on people with marginalised identities. She has incorporated poetry into her activism, sharing poetry alongside speeches to encourage a different mode of listening, reflection and engagement. Without formal training or qualifications related to creative writing or poetry, AFLO. the poet encourages a decolonial approach to creativity, believing that we must first decolonise our minds and creative expressions before we can meaningfully tackle larger systems and institutions. As an academic, AFLO. the poet is a lived experience researcher currently working on her PhD at the University of Brighton, exploring Black people&#x27;s experiences of psychosis and intimacy and incorporating Poetic Inquiry as a method of reflection within her research.In her keynote session, AFLO. will talk about her journey with poetry and share some of her work.Within the workshop, attendees will engage in two different tasks with the aim of leaving the session with a poem (or the start of a poem). This workshop aims to build confidence and breakdown ideas around who or what makes a poet a poet...More details about AFLO can be found<a href="https://instabio.cc/aflothepoet?fbclid=IwAR0Dz2dznGqDXudAIRt5Z7WuWFuaHPpDi0RzEqpRuGLTM6fcFN5X2d8XRPc" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> here</a> Places can be booked up to one hour before the event. Registrants will receive a confirmation up to 24 hours before the event.If you have any questions or if you have any special access requirements then please contact the DMU Events Office on eventsoffice@dmu.ac.uk.

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