Research to Action returns for another season, connecting researchers & practitioners to rethink masculinities, deepen the fight against gender based violence, and build for gender equality.

We give leading researchers an opportunity to share their work, and open the floor to you for a Q&A session to deepen the conversation.

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Esme Hood: Humor, Prejudice, and Radicalisation

25th April 2024

10:00 - 12:30

In classrooms and workplaces across the country, we hear the same refrain: "It was just a joke, don't take it so seriously."

This seminar will focus on how humour and irony code white supremacist and patriarchal languages and ideologies. We will pay particular attention to the role that humour plays in online communities through the circulation of memes, to see how these frequently slip under the radar of social conscience and preventative measures for online radicalisation.

Perfect for anyone wanting to understand how the jokes they hear on a daily basis can be part of much bigger struggles for right and wrong.

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Esme Hood is an academic and researcher who focuses on digital ethnographic research across social media. Her work tackles questions of masculinity, race and class with a focus on the use of humour and memes within online communities.

All donations from this event will go towards paying the researcher.