Nathaniel Télémaque
Contact
Nathaniel Télémaque
PhD Researcher
Email: Nathaniel.telemaque.14@ucl.ac.uk
Website: https://pesovisuals.com/
Department of Geography
University College London
Room 214, Second Floor
North-West Wing
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
Research
Thesis (Working Title): Everyday Things White City: Generations 88 - 97
'Everyday Things’ is a project that visualises the experiences of Black millennials living in White City, Shepherds Bush, West London. The project combines two main methodologies. The first is an archival focused work, aimed at recovering the estate’s former imperial and colonial site, particularly the Great White City Exhibition (1908) but also more recent histories of the estate. The second is a form of collaborative photographic research undertaken with Black millennials (aged 23 to 32) currently living in White City. Depictions of Black millennial lives are rarely seen in British academic research. Inspired by the work of ‘everyday’ urban essays created by photographers in post-war America and the examinations of British landscapes by Black British photographers, my practice-related research facilitates site-specific dialogues, focused on contemporary and archival visualisations of the site and Black millennial experiences.
Biography
Qualifications
MPhil/PhD in Geography (Practice-Related) University College London September 2019 - September 2022
MSc Urban Studies, Department of Geography. Awarded Merit of achievement University College London September 2014 - September 2015
BA in Criminology with Sociology. Awarded 1st Class Honours Middlesex University September 2010 - May 2013
Academic Appointments
Academic Communication Centre University College London – Writing Lab Postgraduate Tutor, November 2021 – Current Day
Bartlett School of Architecture University College London – Module Tutor Ma Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, January 2021 – June 2021
University of London and The Institute of Historical Research – Senate House Library Archival Researcher/Intern: Layers Of London, October 2018 – March 2019
University of Southampton/Queen Mary University – Research Assistant “Religion, migration and entrepreneurship: The impact of transnational Pentecostalism on migrant entrepreneurship in the UK”, July 2018 – December 2019
City University New York - Research Assistant: “Underneath the Arches: Spaces of Infrastructure and the Post-Industrial Imaginary” June 2018 – August 2018
St Lawrence University of New York’s London (Autumn Programme) – Ad-hoc Guest Lecturer in Urban Geography and Global Studies November 2014 – November 2016
Audio & Visual Works
Hostilities: Estates – Universities , Commissioned by Break//Line June 2020: https://breakline.studio/projects/hostilities-estates-universities
Pesolife Art Collective Sounds Like Harlesden March 2020, Commissioned by Slanguages as part of Creative Multilingualism:
https://www.creativeml.ox.ac.uk/blog/exploring-multilingualism/sounds-harlesden-audio-visual-essay
Teaching, Conferences & Public Engagements
Bartlett School of Architecture University College London – Historical/Contemporary Bloomsbury Guided Tour: Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies BSc
Bartlett School of Architecture University College London – 101 Photography Toolkit Studio Based Workshops/Online Workshops, Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies BSc, February 2020/October 2020
Brent2020 London Borough of Cultures – Workshop Facilitator, Youth Mentor & Photographer, February 2020 – December 2020
Layers Of London Historical and Contemporary Bloomsbury Guided Walks Series. January 2019 – March 2019
Layers Of London Historical and Contemporary Bloomsbury Guided Walks Series. October 2018 – January 2019
Everyday Things, Conference Paper – Anticipating Black Futures Symposium – May 2019
