Hakeem Ogunmuyiwa

My latest master’s degree at the University of Sheffield from 2022-3 is in Digital Humanities, moving on to specialise in Cultural Data Management and Communication. My e-portfolio project - Multimodal representation of corruption across cultures - analyses cartoons as digital creations that explain cultural representation of corruption in Europe and Africa. Before this, I studied English Language and Linguistics at the University of Lagos. My doctorate in Linguistics is obtained at the University of the Western Cape South Africa, focusing on the social theories of language – Systemic Functional Linguistics, Appraisal and Critical Discourse Analysis.

My research stands at the intersection between language and the social space. Aspects of my teaching and research has focussed on language and its vital role in conceptualising social issues including how it provides certain consciousness which can be helpful to the social, political and economic growth. I have adopted interdisciplinary approaches to address the social issue of corruption, Covid-19, cultural heritage, education and media discourse, deploying eclectic frameworks drawn from social functions of language (metafunctions), appraisal and critical discourse analysis. 

I currently hold an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities. Before this honorary position, I have completed two fixed term roles in History Philosophy and Digital Humanities as a Research Assistant in Archaeology and External Supervisor at the Digital Humanities Institute. As a Research Assistant, I worked on the ‘Crafting the Past’, a QR-PSF-funded project. It focussed on designing and delivering creative writing and visual narrative workshops to empower post-industrial communities to share memories and cultural heritage. As an External Supervisor at the Digital Humanities Institute, I provided supervision and guidance to master’s students on their final e-portfolio projects. This included feedback during individual supervisory meetings and constantly responded to supervisees’ questions.