Miller, Denise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9947-0616 (2025) Defying gravity in ‘wicked’ workplaces. BERA Blog.

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Abstract

Several months ago, I went to see Wicked, the Broadway musical recently adapted for film. While I initially expected a form of escapist entertainment, I instead found myself engaged with a narrative that resonated on personal and professional levels. Ostensibly, although Wicked is presented as the story of Elphaba, a young woman with green skin, it operates as a broader allegory for systemic oppression, prejudice, discrimination and racism. Indeed, in many ways, the themes explored in the production reflected my own experiences as a racially minoritised Black British female educator, and also aligned closely with the accounts shared by participants in my research (see for example Miller, 2021).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	racially minoritised, defying gravity, ‘wicked’ workplaces
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races L Education > L Education (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2025 14:34
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/51225

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