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Paul Gilroy’s 1987 publication “There Ain’tno Black in the Union Jack” signalled theemergence of an original voice in the studyof black cultures. His subsequent monograph“The Black Atlantic: Modernity and DoubleConsciousness” confirmed Gilroy as a centralfigure in a generation of black scholars engaged in mappingthe trans-Atlantic cultures of the African diaspora. Gilroy’swork is a distinguished by a grounding in black cultural formsand intellectual currents and it is from this perspective that heexplores the intersection of black culture and intellectuality withEuropean high culture and modernity. Gilroy’s subsequent workcontinues to critique contemporary racism while disclosingpossibilities for cultural exchange and co-existence, and what hecalls ‘conviviality’.
Philip Morrissey is an Aboriginal scholar based in the Schoolof Culture and Communication. His principle research interestsrelate to contemporary Aboriginal urban cultures.