capitalism | The Harriet Tubman Institute /research/tubman The Harriet Tubman Institute at ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:38:52 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Zachary Scola-Allison /research/tubman/profile/zachary-scola-allison/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:56:56 +0000 /research/tubman/?post_type=profile&p=8486 A writer and award-winning artist and curator, Zachary's research focuses on the idea of the artist as brand, exploring the concept's interaction with race, class, and identity. His research offers a decolonising analysis of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s artworks, exploring the impact of Basquiat’s Afro-Caribbean heritage, appropriation, and commodification on his work. Central to his study is the popular labeling of Basquiat as “The Black Picasso,†a moniker that both includes and others the artist within the Western art canon. Using theoretical frameworks such as Homi K. Bhabha's concepts of mimicry and hybridity to interpret semiotic analyses of image and text within a postcolonial framework, Zachary critically examines how Basquiat’s art functions as a postcolonial counter-narrative. His work will contribute to the decolonisation of cultural narratives, exploring the effects of commodifying BIPOC artists.

Keywords: Decolonial, Postcolonial, African Diaspora, Basquiat, Branding, Commodification, Capitalism, Anti-Racism

]]> Tamanisha J. John /research/tubman/profile/tamanisha-j-john/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:04:48 +0000 /research/tubman/?post_type=profile&p=7669 Dr. Tamanisha J. John is an Assistant Professor of Black Politics in the Department of Politics.

Prior to joining ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ's Department of Politics in July 2023, she was an Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at Clark Atlanta University's Mack H. Jones Department of Political Science. Dr. John studies Caribbean development, sovereignty and politics, as well as Canadian foreign policy, economic imperialism, financial exclusion, and corporate power. She has published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Class, Race and Corporate Power, the Review of Radical Political Economy, and Social and Economic Studies.

Tamanisha received her Ph.D. in 2021 from Florida International University, and her dissertation Canadian Banks and Imperialism in the English-Speaking Caribbean, won the 2022 Best Dissertation Award from the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA).

Keywords: Capitalism, Caribbean, Colonialism, Development, Underdevelopment

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