Augustus Reid
Thesis title: Black(male)ethnographic focus groups: A safe space or not? For Black African Caribbean British men.
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Background
Human, writer, poet, and aspiring Holistic therapist - current PhD research student interested in Black existential philosohpy, challenging dominant epistemologies, ontologies and narratives, to contribute to the elevation of Black humanity. Augustus is currently researching how the Black British men perceive, and embodiment emotional support and healing. And how the field of psychotherapy and counselling receive the bodies, minds and experiences of Black British men.
As keen poet and writer Augustus loves all forms of creativity and advance methodologies, modes and practices. An avid nature lover, Augustus loves to go wild camping and swimming, exploring unbeaten tracks of Scotland to find secluded waterfalls and lochs.
Augustus has worked in mental health, therapuetic, social and health care settings for over 10 years, His successful navigation through his own multi-dimensionl traumas informs his innate desire to support and journey with others through their process of healing.
Subsequently, he is involved, participates and intermittently facilitates men's groups in Scotland. Augustus is a staunch advocate for creating safe spaces and unearthing the voices of men who also live under the tethering canopy of a white patriarchal society
Research summary
Augustus is interested in researching the Black British male experience and how they seek, access and embody emotional support and healing. He uses and speaks through Black existential philosophy, Africology, Critical Africana theory, affirming methodologies and Black(male)ethnography.
Augustus as experience facilitating men’s groups and believes this space and be paramount for Black British men specifically and as a result is interested in creating safe spaces using 'Black(male)ethnographic focus groups' to foster connection and healing.
Augustus is also curious into researching how do Black men exist within a world that reminds him of his non-existence. Augustus writes through and with Black and indigenous scholars and uses autoethnography although, re-configured to Black(male)ethnography to resist against dominant Euromodern colonial ways of being and doing. Resisting against the false mimetic (his)storical epistemic violence lash upon the Black African Diaspora. Augustus is also a keen poet and believes creative and advance methodologies, affirming methodologies, liming methodology and non-colonialist approaches are best to research the Black British male experience.