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Shelda-Jane Smith

Dr Shelda-Jane Smith
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD,

Publications

Selected publications

  1. Neurodivergent Youthhoods: Adolescent Rites of Passage, Disability and the Teenage Epilepsy Clinic (Book - 2023)
  2. Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas (Book - 2022)
  3. Unsettling orthodoxy via epistemological jailbreak: Rethinking childhood, psychology, and wellbeing from the Caribbean (Journal article - 2022)
  4. Desire over damage: Epistemological shifts and anticolonial praxis from an indigenous-led community health project (Journal article - 2021)
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2023

Hidden Histories: Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool (Surviving Society Productions - Podcast Series)

Smith, S. J., Lewis, C. J., Ofori-Addo, G. A., & Gahman, L. (2023). Hidden Histories: Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool (Surviving Society Productions - Podcast Series). Retrieved from https://survivingsociety.co.uk/portfolio/hidden-histories/

Media

Snapshots of Maya Self-determination in Southern Belize (Special Issue: Afterlives of Empire)

Kus, R., Gahman, L., Greenidge, A., Penados, F., & Smith, S. J. (n.d.). Snapshots of Maya Self-determination in Southern Belize (Special Issue: Afterlives of Empire). NACLA Report on the Americas, 55(3), 294-304. doi:10.1080/10714839.2023.2247761

DOI
10.1080/10714839.2023.2247761
Journal article

Snapshots of Maya Self-determination in Southern Belize

Kus, R., Gahman, L., Greenidge, A., Penados, F., & Smith, S. -J. (2023). Snapshots of Maya Self-determination in Southern Belize. NACLA Report on the Americas, 55(3), 294-304. doi:10.1080/10714839.2023.2247761

DOI
10.1080/10714839.2023.2247761
Journal article

The parentectomy

Smith, S. -J. (2023). The parentectomy. In Neurodivergent Youthhoods (pp. 75-93). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003270034-5

DOI
10.4324/9781003270034-5
Chapter

Neurodivergent Youthhoods: Adolescent Rites of Passage, Disability and the Teenage Epilepsy Clinic

Smith, S. J. (2023). Neurodivergent Youthhoods: Adolescent Rites of Passage, Disability and the Teenage Epilepsy Clinic. doi:10.4324/9781003270034

DOI
10.4324/9781003270034
Book

2022

The Threads that Tie us Together: A Liverpool Caribbean Centre Participatory Film

Smith, S. -J. (2022). The Threads that Tie us Together: A Liverpool Caribbean Centre Participatory Film. [Film].

Other

A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds

Gahman, L., Mohamed, N., Penados, F., Reyes, J. -R., Mohamed, A., & Smith, S. -J. (2022). A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds. Policy Press. doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.001.0001

DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.001.0001
Book

A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds

Gahman, L., Mohamed, N., Penados, F., Reyes, J. -R., Mohamed, A., & Smith, S. -J. (2022). A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds. Bristol University Press. doi:10.46692/9781447362173

DOI
10.46692/9781447362173
Book

A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds. Policy Press. doi:10.51952/9781447362173

DOI
10.51952/9781447362173
Book

A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds. Policy Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv2m7c5hr

DOI
10.2307/j.ctv2m7c5hr
Book

A battle for the soul of education

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). A battle for the soul of education. In A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 150-155). Policy Press. doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0010

DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0010
Chapter

A battle for the soul of education

A battle for the soul of education (2022). In A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 150-155). Policy Press. doi:10.56687/9781447362173-012

DOI
10.56687/9781447362173-012
Chapter

A world where many worlds fit

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). A world where many worlds fit. In A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 18-32). Policy Press. doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0002

DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0002
Chapter

Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas. Bristol University Press.

Book

Health, food sovereignty, solidarity economies

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). Health, food sovereignty, solidarity economies. In A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 128-149). Policy Press. doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0009

DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0009
Chapter

Health, food sovereignty, solidarity economies

Health, food sovereignty, solidarity economies (2022). In A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 128-149). Policy Press. doi:10.56687/9781447362173-011

DOI
10.56687/9781447362173-011
Chapter

Introduction: from liberal bystanding to emancipatory praxis

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). Introduction: from liberal bystanding to emancipatory praxis. In A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 1-17). Policy Press. doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0001

DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0001
Chapter

Introduction: from liberal bystanding to emancipatory praxis

Introduction: from liberal bystanding to emancipatory praxis (2022). In A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 1-17). Policy Press. doi:10.56687/9781447362173-003

DOI
10.56687/9781447362173-003
Chapter

Modernity-coloniality and Indigenous realities

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). Modernity-coloniality and Indigenous realities. In A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 47-57). Policy Press. doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0004

DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0004
Chapter

Modernity-coloniality and Indigenous realities

Modernity-coloniality and Indigenous realities (2022). In A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 47-57). Policy Press. doi:10.56687/9781447362173-006

DOI
10.56687/9781447362173-006
Chapter

Political education and radical pedagogy

Political education and radical pedagogy (2022). In A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 84-105). Policy Press. doi:10.56687/9781447362173-009

DOI
10.56687/9781447362173-009
Chapter

Political education and radical pedagogy

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). Political education and radical pedagogy. In A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 84-105). Policy Press. doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0007

DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0007
Chapter

The coloniser’s model/neoliberal state of the world

The coloniser’s model/neoliberal state of the world (2022). In A Beginner’s Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 33-46). Policy Press. doi:10.56687/9781447362173-005

DOI
10.56687/9781447362173-005
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The coloniser’s model/neoliberal state of the world

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). The coloniser’s model/neoliberal state of the world. In A Beginner's Guide to Building Better Worlds (pp. 33-46). Policy Press. doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0003

DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781447362135.003.0003
Chapter

Bad Faith and Betrayal in Belize: Maya Governance Attacked and Disavowed in the Name of "Development"

Gahman, L., Penados, F., & Smith, S. -J. (2022). Bad Faith and Betrayal in Belize: Maya Governance Attacked and Disavowed in the Name of "Development". ROAR (Reflections On A Revolution) Online Journal. Retrieved from https://roarmag.org/essays/belize-maya-land-struggle/

Internet publication

2021

"The Future We Dream:" Unsettling Impact and Knowledge Production as We Know It

Gahman, L., Penados, F., & Smith, S. -J. (2021). "The Future We Dream:" Unsettling Impact and Knowledge Production as We Know It. Transforming Society: An Online Publication of Bristol University Press. Retrieved from https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/

Internet publication

Maya Communities Respond to Land Predation and Violations of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Belize

Gahman, L., Penados, F., & Smith, S. -J. (2021). Maya Communities Respond to Land Predation and Violations of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Belize. NACLA: North American Congress on Latin America. Retrieved from https://nacla.org/news/2020/12/13/maya-land-fpic-belize

Internet publication