Craft/ing: Exploring Migrant Memory and Identity ( University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, and Dubai, UAE. Seed / QR funding)

Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium

Description

Organised a workshop to bring together local and international community organisations and academics to explore and develop the discussion on how literary and cultural works, story-telling and crafting help migrants and people seeking sanctuary to regain control over their own narratives of displacement/relocation/re-homing. And how do migrants and people seeking sanctuary
turn to craft and crafting as a means of exploring their own memories and home identity.

University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, and Dubai, UAE
Period10 Jun 2024
Event titleCraft/ing: Exploring Migrant Memory and Identity
Event typeConference
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • crafting, memory, identity