E Ademolu
Biographic Data
| ID | 39565 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Ademolu |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Ademolu |
| SIGNATURE | ADEMOLU E |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5122-6232 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
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Compassion as governance
Compassionate pedagogy is increasingly promoted as a humanising response to contemporary pressures in higher education, yet the cognitive assumptions that make compassion institutionally operative remain underexamined. This paper theorises compassion as a governing affective order that shapes what counts as credible difficulty and who can appear as a legitimate subject of support. Drawing on critical disability scholarship and a neurodivergent st…
The ACT model for culturally competent research
Cultural competence is increasingly recognised as a methodological imperative in research involving diverse populations, and yet it remains inconsistently theorised and weakly embedded within methodological discourse. Existing frameworks often lack practical traction, leaving researchers without clear strategies for integrating cultural considerations systematically. This paper addresses this gap by reimagining the ACT model (Activate Consciousne…
Unreliable minds, unreliable machines
This paper examines the epistemic entanglement between dyslexic cognition and generative artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on ChatGPT-4o. People with dyslexia have long relied on digital writing technologies, including speech-to-text software, spell-checkers, and grammar correctors, to scaffold memory and expression within institutions organised around normative expectations of fluency, coherence, and reliable recall. With the emergence of g…
The paradox of autoethnography
This paper critically examines the relationship between neoliberal academia and autoethnography. Despite its reputation as a transformative and emancipatory method for critiquing the academy, this study exposes a critical irony: academics employing this methodological approach in qualitative inquiry often reinforce the neoliberal ideologies and forms of governmentality they intend to problematise. In contemporary academia, autoethnography is comm…
Appreciating dyslexic thinking in qualitative research
Dyslexia and its associated learning challenges are often misconstrued as intellectual deficits, leading to erroneous assumptions that individuals with dyslexia cannot thrive or contribute meaningfully to academic institutions. However, this article contends that the unique thinking patterns associated with dyslexia are complementary to and can substantially enrich the professional practice of qualitative research. The social model of disability …
Methodological reflections on participant-produced drawings in focus groups
The proverbial elephant in the room
Laughing from the Outside‐In
This article examines the intersection of humour and humanitarianism in engaging Northern audiences with global Southern poverty issues. It analyses witty social media campaigns that critique humanitarian practices and Africa’s representation, notably What’s Up Africa (WUA) on YouTube, Radi‐Aid on YouTube, Humanitarians of Tinder on Tumblr and Barbie Savior on Instagram. Using ‘contraflow’, it shows how humour and positionality shape reception. W…
You hear me, are you listening? Reflections on positionality and performative change in Ingo representations
In their substantive work, Ademolu and Crombie delve into the ethical complexities of humanitarian storytelling, focusing on the impact of fundraising communications for UK African diasporic communities and those featured in these materials. They explore ways to responsibly negotiate these complexities and empower disenfranchised communities in representation practices. This article reflects on their research within broader calls for representati…
Birds of a feather (don't always) flock together
The article presents self-reflexive elaborations of negotiating 'outsider' positionalities as an 'insider' conducting a qualitative study of first-and-second-generation Nigerian diaspora communities in London, United Kingdom (UK) and the implications of this for the methodological documentation and interpretation of the research process as well as, the perspicuity of participants' realities. Within the conceptual framing of 'critical reflexivity'…
TheAfricaTheMediaNever ShowsYou
Media representations of African underdevelopment are central to the communicative potential and reach of international development in the mainstream public sphere, but they are not without sustained critique and confrontation. By conceptualising the humanitarian-themed campaign - #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou on Twitter, as an Afrodiasporic Subaltern Counterpublic, this article considers how UK African diasporic communities have utilised this …
Too Close to Home
Photoelicitation is a creative and multidimensional visual methodology used to stimulate participant subjectivities and situated knowledges.International development research documenting this method often amounts to methodological 'how-to' discussions around procedural ethical considerations (e.g. of consent, confidentiality, anonymity and dissemination).Notwithstanding their instructions and recommendations, scholarship is almost exclusively con…
A pictured Africa
This article examines the usefulness of participant-produced drawings as a participatory and non-mechanical visual research methodology in qualitative research with UK-based African Diaspora communities. Because of its co-construction and mediation of situated knowledgies, adaptability and with linguistic proficiency a non-prerequisite skill for drawing literacy; participatory drawings are considered particularly productive and ethically sound fo…
Seeing and being the visualised 'Other'
This article examines how humanitarianism representations affect British Nigerian identities. It problematises the tendency within development literature to uncritically generalise British audiences of NGO representations as seemingly white. Studies further assume audiences interpret and are impacted by representations in largely undifferentiated ways. This assumption discounts the complexities and particularities of and within audiences and over…
‘An outward sign of an inward grace’
Mainstream development discourse and practice often marginalise the significance of ‘religion’ and ‘faith’ for international development and humanitarianism. However, recent geopolitical events have prompted attitudinal and epistemological developments, with religion and faith considered an almost obligatory agenda for development scholarship. Despite current celebrations, scant attention is paid to the paramount role of religion for faith-based …
Who Gets to Talk About NGO Images of Global Poverty
Ademolu and Warrington are social science researchers who have used photographs and films to explore the experiences and perspectives of those absent from the debates on visual representations of global poverty. This article engages in a discussion about their respective research projects, The People in the Pictures (Warrington and Crombie 2017 Warrington, S. and Crombie, J. 2017. The People in the Pictures: Vital Perspectives on Save the Childre…
Youth transitions
Whilst Western societies may have reached ‘peak car’, young people are arguably the most significant group whose levels of car ownership, use and driving licence acquisition have declined. Against this backdrop, the paper discusses qualitative research conducted in Reading, UK, considering young people’s (aged 12–20) views about bus travel. Whilst current pricing structures (both in Reading and across the UK) often offer under 18s discounted trav…
Birds of a feather (don't always) flock together
The article presents self-reflexive elaborations of negotiating 'outsider' positionalities as an 'insider' conducting a qualitative study of first-and-second-generation Nigerian diaspora communities in London, United Kingdom (UK) and the implications of this for the methodological documentation and interpretation of the research process as well as, the perspicuity of participants' realities. Within the conceptual framing of 'critical reflexivity'…
Who Gets to Talk About NGO Images of Global Poverty
Ademolu and Warrington are social science researchers who have used photographs and films to explore the experiences and perspectives of those absent from the debates on visual representations of global poverty. This article engages in a discussion about their respective research projects, The People in the Pictures (Warrington and Crombie 2017 Warrington, S. and Crombie, J. 2017. The People in the Pictures: Vital Perspectives on Save the Childre…
The proverbial elephant in the room
You hear me, are you listening? Reflections on positionality and performative change in Ingo representations
In their substantive work, Ademolu and Crombie delve into the ethical complexities of humanitarian storytelling, focusing on the impact of fundraising communications for UK African diasporic communities and those featured in these materials. They explore ways to responsibly negotiate these complexities and empower disenfranchised communities in representation practices. This article reflects on their research within broader calls for representati…
TheAfricaTheMediaNever ShowsYou
Media representations of African underdevelopment are central to the communicative potential and reach of international development in the mainstream public sphere, but they are not without sustained critique and confrontation. By conceptualising the humanitarian-themed campaign - #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou on Twitter, as an Afrodiasporic Subaltern Counterpublic, this article considers how UK African diasporic communities have utilised this …
Youth transitions
Whilst Western societies may have reached ‘peak car’, young people are arguably the most significant group whose levels of car ownership, use and driving licence acquisition have declined. Against this backdrop, the paper discusses qualitative research conducted in Reading, UK, considering young people’s (aged 12–20) views about bus travel. Whilst current pricing structures (both in Reading and across the UK) often offer under 18s discounted trav…
Who Gets to Talk About NGO Images of Global Poverty
Ademolu and Warrington are social science researchers who have used photographs and films to explore the experiences and perspectives of those absent from the debates on visual representations of global poverty. This article engages in a discussion about their respective research projects, The People in the Pictures (Warrington and Crombie 2017 Warrington, S. and Crombie, J. 2017. The People in the Pictures: Vital Perspectives on Save the Childre…
Seeing and being the visualised 'Other'
This article examines how humanitarianism representations affect British Nigerian identities. It problematises the tendency within development literature to uncritically generalise British audiences of NGO representations as seemingly white. Studies further assume audiences interpret and are impacted by representations in largely undifferentiated ways. This assumption discounts the complexities and particularities of and within audiences and over…
‘An outward sign of an inward grace’
Mainstream development discourse and practice often marginalise the significance of ‘religion’ and ‘faith’ for international development and humanitarianism. However, recent geopolitical events have prompted attitudinal and epistemological developments, with religion and faith considered an almost obligatory agenda for development scholarship. Despite current celebrations, scant attention is paid to the paramount role of religion for faith-based …
A pictured Africa
This article examines the usefulness of participant-produced drawings as a participatory and non-mechanical visual research methodology in qualitative research with UK-based African Diaspora communities. Because of its co-construction and mediation of situated knowledgies, adaptability and with linguistic proficiency a non-prerequisite skill for drawing literacy; participatory drawings are considered particularly productive and ethically sound fo…
Too Close to Home
Photoelicitation is a creative and multidimensional visual methodology used to stimulate participant subjectivities and situated knowledges.International development research documenting this method often amounts to methodological 'how-to' discussions around procedural ethical considerations (e.g. of consent, confidentiality, anonymity and dissemination).Notwithstanding their instructions and recommendations, scholarship is almost exclusively con…
Laughing from the Outside‐In
This article examines the intersection of humour and humanitarianism in engaging Northern audiences with global Southern poverty issues. It analyses witty social media campaigns that critique humanitarian practices and Africa’s representation, notably What’s Up Africa (WUA) on YouTube, Radi‐Aid on YouTube, Humanitarians of Tinder on Tumblr and Barbie Savior on Instagram. Using ‘contraflow’, it shows how humour and positionality shape reception. W…
You hear me, are you listening? Reflections on positionality and performative change in Ingo representations
In their substantive work, Ademolu and Crombie delve into the ethical complexities of humanitarian storytelling, focusing on the impact of fundraising communications for UK African diasporic communities and those featured in these materials. They explore ways to responsibly negotiate these complexities and empower disenfranchised communities in representation practices. This article reflects on their research within broader calls for representati…
Birds of a feather (don't always) flock together
The article presents self-reflexive elaborations of negotiating 'outsider' positionalities as an 'insider' conducting a qualitative study of first-and-second-generation Nigerian diaspora communities in London, United Kingdom (UK) and the implications of this for the methodological documentation and interpretation of the research process as well as, the perspicuity of participants' realities. Within the conceptual framing of 'critical reflexivity'…
TheAfricaTheMediaNever ShowsYou
Media representations of African underdevelopment are central to the communicative potential and reach of international development in the mainstream public sphere, but they are not without sustained critique and confrontation. By conceptualising the humanitarian-themed campaign - #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou on Twitter, as an Afrodiasporic Subaltern Counterpublic, this article considers how UK African diasporic communities have utilised this …
Appreciating dyslexic thinking in qualitative research
Dyslexia and its associated learning challenges are often misconstrued as intellectual deficits, leading to erroneous assumptions that individuals with dyslexia cannot thrive or contribute meaningfully to academic institutions. However, this article contends that the unique thinking patterns associated with dyslexia are complementary to and can substantially enrich the professional practice of qualitative research. The social model of disability …
Methodological reflections on participant-produced drawings in focus groups
The proverbial elephant in the room
Masking 2.0
Compassion as governance
Compassionate pedagogy is increasingly promoted as a humanising response to contemporary pressures in higher education, yet the cognitive assumptions that make compassion institutionally operative remain underexamined. This paper theorises compassion as a governing affective order that shapes what counts as credible difficulty and who can appear as a legitimate subject of support. Drawing on critical disability scholarship and a neurodivergent st…
The ACT model for culturally competent research
Cultural competence is increasingly recognised as a methodological imperative in research involving diverse populations, and yet it remains inconsistently theorised and weakly embedded within methodological discourse. Existing frameworks often lack practical traction, leaving researchers without clear strategies for integrating cultural considerations systematically. This paper addresses this gap by reimagining the ACT model (Activate Consciousne…
Unreliable minds, unreliable machines
This paper examines the epistemic entanglement between dyslexic cognition and generative artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on ChatGPT-4o. People with dyslexia have long relied on digital writing technologies, including speech-to-text software, spell-checkers, and grammar correctors, to scaffold memory and expression within institutions organised around normative expectations of fluency, coherence, and reliable recall. With the emergence of g…
The paradox of autoethnography
This paper critically examines the relationship between neoliberal academia and autoethnography. Despite its reputation as a transformative and emancipatory method for critiquing the academy, this study exposes a critical irony: academics employing this methodological approach in qualitative inquiry often reinforce the neoliberal ideologies and forms of governmentality they intend to problematise. In contemporary academia, autoethnography is comm…
Sociology (13 works) · Political science (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Diaspora (5 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (5 works)