Hakeem Ogunmuyiwa

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Honorary Research Fellow

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Hakeem Ogunmuyiwa
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield
S3 7RA
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My second 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. Prior to this, I obtained bachelors and master’s degrees in 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.

The thesis examines language choices related to the theme of corruption, a widely acknowledged global problem, in presidential speeches by of an African country, Nigeria, from 1957 to 2015. Close textual analyses indicate strategic ambivalence towards tackling corruption. It became evident that interests, such as quest for legitimacy, the need to consolidate power and the fear of post-tenure loss of immunity from prosecution explain the patterns of language choices observed. The deployment of eclectic frameworks – critical discourse analysis (CDA) and systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and corpus linguistics technique is novel in addressing the social issue of corruption. 

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 frameworks drawn from social functions of language, appraisal and critical discourse analysis.

I am currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities. Before this 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 with topics in cultural data management and communication and digital culture. This included feedback during individual supervisory meetings and constantly responded to supervisees’ questions. From 2011 to mid-2022, I taught English Language and Communication Skills in the Education sector of Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu owners of Jubail Technical Institute and Jubail Industrial College.

Qualifications
  • PhD Linguistics
  • MA English Language
  • BA English
  • MA Cultural Data Management and Communication
Research interests
  • Social and linguistics approach to culture and heritage
  • Global corruption discourse
  • Digital culture and communication in the social space
  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from sociolinguistics perspective
  • Linguistics theories and application – SFL, CDA, Corpus Linguistics Approach 
  • Multimodal creations and visual language models