The reading we were set was very interesting, especially where she touched on how everyone has unconscious basis and how our perspective centres our experiences and interactions with our work.
It was important and made me take a step back and reflect on how a lot of my work resolves around addressing the same root issues.
100-200 Words Positionality Statement
From the quick brainstorm we did during the DPS session these where the more relevant aspects of the positionality wheel task for me:
Languages I speak and why – French, parents
Race and Ethnicity – White and black African, Senegalese and French
Age – 22
Gender – woman
Family – eldest child, one brother one sister, both my parents moved to England in their twenties and they met here.
Parental status – 2 parents, married and I live with them, Mum charted accountant owns business, my dad worked security (had a stroke so can’t work anymore)
Level of education – Undergrad
As someone who has always been interested in finding ways to address elitism, exclusion and xenophobia/racism in their work, I plan to apply this to my work this year as well. I am very interested in expanding my knowledge when it comes to exhibition design, as this is a career path I am considering choosing. I like that exhibition design allows you to work with artists and uplift their voices and art. I have done projects before about uplifting the voices of under-represented and overlooked groups in the art space and would like to continue to do so. For me, it is very important to bring awareness to the ways in which systems of oppression affect minorities, and the art world is a great example of that.
