Author: Angela Martinez Dy

Dr Angela Martinez Dy is an entrepreneurial community builder invested in liberatory unlearning.

2018 Updates

Angela Martinez Dy

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Hey everyone,

Lots of good news to share with you for 2018, including a recent publication (and more on the way), a new research project, and some excellent events to come in the fall!

Please get in touch if you would like more information!

Love,

Angela

PUBLICATION

Martinez Dy, A., Martin, L., Marlow, S. (2018) Emancipation through digital entrepreneurship? A critical realist analysis. Organization (online first)

Abstract
Digital entrepreneurship is presented in popular discourse as a means to empowerment and greater economic participation for under-resourced and socially marginalised people. However, this emancipatory rhetoric relies on a flat ontology that does not sufficiently consider the enabling conditions needed for successful digital enterprise activity. To empirically illustrate this argument, we examine three paired cases of UK women digital entrepreneurs, operating in similar sectors but occupying contrasting social positionalities. The cases are comparatively analysed through an intersectional feminist lens using a critical realist methodological framework. By examining the relationships between digital entrepreneurship, social positionality, and structural and agential enabling conditions, we interrogate the notion of digital entrepreneurship as an emancipatory phenomenon producing liberated workers.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Earlier this week (19 June), Capital Enterprise announced the launch of OneTech, a new programme supported by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, that looks to double the number of female and BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) founders accessing investment by 2020. I am leading the participation of Loughborough University London by conducting a longitudinal study related to the Diversity in Tech activities.  The research will also provide lessons learnt for the programme leading to the development of a toolkit for the sector to support future strategies.

EVENTS

Tackling the myths of money, self care and the Imposter Syndrome II 

Angela Martinez Dy


Saturday 11 November 2017 @ Loughborough University London

(10am-4.30pm) 

Full price: £25 + booking fee  

Concs (students/low income): 12.50 + booking fee

Digital Women UK invites you to:
– celebrate yourself at the 1st anniversary of its Missing in Action: Tackling the myths of money, self care and the Imposter Syndrome series

– access informative entrepreneurs, mindfulness and professional development experts

– capitalise on having the space to problem-solve, collaborate and confidence-build

– be part of a growing and supportive network of digital entrepreneurs, creatives and women in tech

This one day event will provide a creative, reflective and dynamic space for women creatives, women in tech and budding and emerging entrepreneurs, to explore internal barriers (and myths) around their personal and professional relationship with money, their definitions of self care and the impact of the so-called ‘Imposter Syndrome’.

You will be facilitated by an exciting and experienced group of practitioners who will lead experiential workshops and interactive talks, giving you the chance to share ideas, collaborate, problem-solve and leave with useful tools to apply to your personal and professional lives.

Speakers and workshop facilitators include:

  • Joy Francis, Words of Colour Productions and Digital Women UK
  • Dr Angela Martinez Dy, Loughborough University London
  • Natalie Lue, founder, Baggage Reclaim 
  • Mindy Kaur, founder, ESHQROCK
  • Leslie Brownbridge, mindfulness facilitator and writer
  • Philomena Francis, art psychotherapist and psychoanalyst

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