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The (Im)possibility of Blackness in the Classroom

Kevin Brazant

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Kevin J. Brazant is a Senior Educational Developer at London College of Communication, UAL. His work focuses on closing the ethnicity degree awarding gap through disruptive pedagogies, co-creation, and centering marginalised student voices in decolonial, anti-racist, and social justice frameworks. He authored Disrupting the Discourse: A Co-creation Framework for Centering Racial Justice in Higher Education and leads Changemakers, a student partnership initiative embedding equity across the curriculum. Through his platform Lounge Akademics™, Kevin uses storytelling, podcasting, and digital media to amplify lived experience and collaborates with organisations on knowledge exchange and consultancy in social justice.
Kevin J. Brazant is a Senior Educational Developer at London College of Communication, UAL. His work...

The (Im)possibility of Blackness in the Classroom is a multimedia installation by Kevin J. Brazant that marks the curatorial launch of his signature pedagogy, Lounge Akademics™ a platform that archives, amplifies, and disrupts learning from the margins. The work explores Black presence, identity, and resistance as radical acts of cultural authorship. Drawing on his Disrupt the Discourse (DtD) research in co-creation, the installation blends moving visuals, ambient sound, and sonic excerpts to embody “sonic pedagogy.” A live Lounge Akademics™ session with artist Karla Cornwall extends this work as storytelling, archive, and act of radical listening.

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The (Im)Possibility of Blackness in the Classroom – In Conversation with Karla Cornwall

Join Lounge Akademics™, Disrupt the Discourse in conversation with acclaimed artist and London College of Fashion alumna Karla Cornwall, whose journey exemplifies resilience, creativity, and disruption.

Karla’s time at LCF was marked by the challenges of navigating teaching that lacked cultural competence and recognition of her voice. Yet, through courage and radical self-expression, she transformed rejection into global recognition. Today, her work spans fashion, fine art, and cultural institutions, from solo exhibitions in London to commissions for the Trinidad & Tobago High Commission, collaborations with Puma, and features in Netflix’s Supacell.

This event offers a rare insight into how Black creatives resist erasure, redefine belonging, and stand firm in power and pride. It illustrates Disrupting the Discourse in action, transforming trauma into artistry, exclusion into empowerment, and marginalisation into international acclaim.

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The (Im)possibility of Blackness in the Classroom

The (Im)possibility of Blackness in the Classroom is a multimedia installation by Kevin J. Brazant that marks the curatorial launch of his signature pedagogy, Lounge Akademics™ a platform that archiv...

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