Senior Lecturer at University of Hertfordshire
About
Brilliant Mhlanga holds a PhD from the University of Westminster and is currently a member of the Media Group, and a senior lecturer in media cultures at the University of Hertfordshire. His latest publication is entitled; ‘On virtuality & the aesthetics of spectacle: Nationalist imaginations of Mthwakazi & its passions of semblance’, appeared in the Critical Arts - Journal of the North-South Cultural Studies, Vol. 31(1) (2017). He also edited a book Bondage of Boundaries & Identity politics in Postcolonial Africa: The ‘Northern Problem’ & ethno-futures (2013).
Dr Mhlanga is currently working on a number of topics, among them a project provisionally titled: On the Banality of Evil: Cultural Particularities & Genocide in Africa. His research interests include: broadcasting history, development communication, community radio, ethnic minority media, ethnicity, nationalism and postcolonial studies, media policies & political economy of the media.
Current Work:
Research project:
Digital Media, Heritage, Memorialisation, Peace, & Conflict Resolution (with the Department of Conservation Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden).
Book projects:
Ethnicity, Identity politics and Cultural Pluralism in Southern Africa
On Post-Colonial Conversations; from Bandung to BRICS. (with Professor Sabelo J. Gatsheni-Ndlovu, University of South Africa)
Research on Digital Media & Transformative Cultures – ‘From Subjects to Netizens: Discourses on Self-determination, New Digital Cultures & Perceptions on Governmentality in Zimbabwe’
Digital constellation in the age of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs): investigating the impact of free-to-air satellite decoders in Zimbabwe’s political landscape (With Mandlenkosi Mpofu, & Bhekinkosi J. Ncube).
Research Area Keyword(s):
Nationalism, ethnicity, cultural studies, radio, research
