Hi, I’m temi
I wear a few hats: the first is as an AHRC/LAHP-funded PhD candidate at King’s College London, researching Black women’s digital intimacy. I am also the Director of Systemic Change at EDGE Funders Alliance, a global philanthropy organisation committed to anti-imperial and feminist funding.
I recently completed a Fellowship at the Centre of Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), and in 2023, I was the inaugural research curator-in-residence at FACT. From 2022-2023, I was the Associate Editor at Networking Knowledge, the postgraduate journal of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA). I am a member of the Centre of Digital Policy at University College Dublin.
I make use of an interpretivist, critical and transdisciplinary research philosophy. My research interests are "the digital" and Blackness; race, gender and communication on social media, social media subcultures and diaspora, and online relationality. My PhD thesis makes use of a Black feminist framework to explore and investigate the experiences of Black women on the Internet(s). I have an MA (Distinction) in Digital Media and Society (Cardiff University), for which I won the Best MA Dissertation award (2022). I received my BA (Honours) in English Literature and Language (Queen’s University) in 2011.
Prior to returning to academia, I worked for various civil society organisations in the tech policy and digital rights sector. Roles I’ve held include Senior Campaigner at Digital Action, Interim Executive Director at Global Citizen Foundation, Social Media Specialist at Mozilla Foundation, and co-communications Lead at Whose Knowledge? I have also worked as a freelance consultant for organisations such as Glitch, EDRi, and Luminate.
In my previous life, I worked for seven years in digital advertising and marketing at Group M and Grey Group agencies in the UK and Australia, where I specialised in digital strategy across paid and organic social media.
Altogether, my work seeks to reimagine and move towards equitable and joyful futures for Black folk.
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temi lasade-anderson is a writer and researcher. Her research interests are "the digital" and Blackness; race, gender and communication on social media, social media subcultures and diaspora, and online relationality. She was most recently a Fellow at the Centre of Advanced Internet Studies and last year was the inaugural research curator-in-residence at FACT. Her work has been published in academic journals (Feminist Media Studies; Television and New Media (forthcoming)) and independent creative and news media (DADDY Magazine; The Canary). Currently, she's completing her PhD on Black women's digital intimacy and working as a director at a global philanthropy organisation. Previously, temi worked for various civil society organisations in the tech and digital rights sector, as a digital advertising and marketing strategist for global advertising agencies.