Rachel-Ann Charles
Rachel-Ann is a Course Director on the MA in Global Media Management and she lectures across undergraduate courses within the School of Media. She is also a Researcher at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research (BCMCR), Birmingham City University (BCU) and has made contributions to the study of social action community media within a Trinidad and Tobago context.
Areas of Expertise
- Social action community media
- Ethnography and participatory action research methodological approaches
Qualifications
FHEA, PhD, MSc, BA (Hons)
Memberships
IAMCR
Teaching
- MA Global Media Management
- ADM7003 Industry Practice and Context
- ADM7000 Major Project
- ADM7004 Research and Professional Skills
- MED7375 Global Media Innovation and Enterprise
- MED4161 Global and Community Impact
Research
Rachel-Ann's research is currently exploring the practice of podcasting within the Caribbean Diaspora community. Some of her other areas of interest include Trinidad and Tobago Jazz Styles, and Film practices in Trinidad and Tobago.
Publications
Charles, R. (2015). Can community media programmes serve as developmental approaches for At-risk youth?. CULTURAL SCIENCE, [online] 8(1), pp.41-54.
Charles, R. (2014). Representation and Citizenship: Can community media initiatives address the needs of the at-risk youth?. In: Creative Citizens. London.
Charles-Hatt, R., (under peer review with the editors/readers). Connecting the Caribbean Diaspora in precarious times: podcasting as a virtual space for marginalised communities. Podcasting’s Listening Publics – Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 18(1).
Charles-Hatt, R. (under peer review with the editors/readers) Empowering young men through social action community media: an action research study of the Shoot To Live Project in Trinidad and Tobago. In Education Action Research - Special Issue.
Charles-Hatt, R., Walters-Morris, J. and Morris, C. (under peer review with the editors/readers) Revealing the hidden histories of jazz in Trinidad and Tobago through a cultural oral history. In Jazz Research Journal - Special Issue (Jazz and Everyday Aesthetics).
Charles, R. 2016. "Examining Creative Solutions To Employment Insecurities In Trinidad And Tobago Through The Use Of “Community Media Projects”". In Postgraduate Conference On Caribbean In/Securities And Creativity. Birmingham: The University of Birmingham.
Charles, R. (2016). [Book Review] DOI: 10.1177/0268580915627105 Peter Kivisto, Religion and Immigration: Migration Faiths in America and Western Europe, Polity Press: Cambridge, 2014; 294 pp.: ISBN 9780745641706
Charles, R. (2016). Young people on the margins “Shoot To Live”. In Children and Young People in a Changing World: Action, Agency and Participation. Liverpool Hope University.
Charles, R. (2016). Examining the impact of social media on advertising streams in community radio stations. In Kick Starting Media: Cultures of Funding in Contemporary Media Industries. Media Futures Research Centre, Bath Spa University.
Charles, R. (2016). Citizen's journalists and Freedom of Information legislation within Arab states. In The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Safety of Journalists Conference. Helsinki Finland.
Charles, R. (2016). Transforming “at-risk” youth males in Trinidad and Tobago through the use of community media projects. In Conference: Ideas and Transformations in the Americas. University College London, Institute of the Americas.
Charles, R. (2016). Legitimising community media through the use of community media projects. In What is Media?. University of Oregon, Portland.
Charles, R. (2016). The struggle for my Caribbean identity during my British University experience. In British Sociological Association (BSA) Annual Conference - Global Societies: Fragmenting and Connecting. Aston University.
Charles, R. (2016). Measuring the value of steelpan education on youth in Trinidad and Tobago. In Creative Industries Research Institute - A Symposium at The University of South Wales. Cardiff.
McDonald, I., Mayouf, M., Rowe, S., Charles, R., Sultan, F., Patel, K., Forkert, K. and Ochonogor, K. (2015). The development of a postgraduate research community: a response to the needs of postgraduate researchers at Birmingham City University. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 19(3), pp.96-101. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/y38n99rp
Charles, R., Rowe, S., Forkert, K., Mayouf, M., Patel, K. and Sultan, F. (2015). Establishing a postgraduate research community: a response to postgraduate research consultation. In: HEIR Conference. Oxford.
Charles, R. (2014). PhD Journey & Introduction to the Shoot to Live Project. In: RESCON. Birmingham.
Charles, R. (2014). Community Local and Alternative Media: The effectiveness of the Shoot To Live community media initiative in addressing the needs of the at-risk youth in Trinidad and Tobago. In: Media and the Margins. Bournemouth.
Charles, R. (2013). Community Media Initiatives & Grounded Theory Methodology. In: Birmingham.
Work With Industry
- UNFPA Trinidad and Tobago
- YMCA Trinidad and Tobago
- Imagine Media International Ltd
- TV6, CCN, ONE Caribbean Media Limited