September Update!
Published: 17 September 2020
There has been a lot going on over the summer and much still to come. See our update for info...
As the summer disappears behind us we'd like to let you know of a few things we've been doing and planning over the last couple of months.
WARM WELCOME WALKS 2020
This year our Warm Welcome Walks will comprise three walks. For full information see our events section - a summary is below:
New PhD candidate: Hannah Rose Thomas
We welcome Hannah to our team in October as our new MIDEQ / UNESCO ARTLAB / UNESCO RILA PhD candidate. Hannah was awarded our MIDEQ PhD Studentship ‘Evaluating the human and social Impact of Art for migratory and marginalized people – An Intercultural, Multilingual Approach to Equity.’ Her research interest is in investigating the restorative and transformative potential of the arts to support conflict-affected and migratory communities to reconcile, to heal the past and to re-build a future. Read more about Hannah's work on our research student pages: Hannah Thomas
MIDEQ Blog posts
MIDEQ works with a global network of partners in twelve countries in the Global South, organised into six migration ‘corridors’, to transform understanding of the relationships between migration, development and inequality. The University of Glasgow team is working on cross-cutting work package Arts, creative resistance and well-being: to create migratory aesthetics, demonstrating how the arts and humanities can expand social-scientific and scientific frames of reference for research into migration and inequality, creating environments where human well-being is valued and flourishes.
The team have published several posts on the MIDEQ blog, a summary with links is availabe on our new blog section: Blog
Black History Month 2020
As part of Black History Month 2020 we've teamed up with partners from the global south to bring you a range of activities that will work your mental muscles. All events will be online through Zoom and will entirely free to attend. Registration through Eventbrite is mandatory to obtain the Zoom link.
Quick summary:
- 20th of October at 2pm: Dr Gameli Tordzro, Prof Kofi Anyidoho and Kojo Yankah will be debating who qualifies to tell the African Story and how it must be told. Link: BHM 2020
- 21st of October at 2pm: Naa Densua Tordzro and Chandra Brooks will be leading a virtual workshop around shared stories of textiles and quilting. Link: BHM 2020
- 22nd of October at 2pm: Martin Plaut, Alison Phipps, Tawona Sitholé and student representatives will be discussing Plaut's latest book on Dr Abdurahman and anti-racism in South Africa. Link: BHM 2020
- 22nd of October at 5pm: Tawona Sitholé, Stephen Chinhuwo and Alison Phipps will be discussing the relevance of the Great Zimbabwe's UNESCO designation for the local community and the ways in which UNESCO’s work and research helps to correct colonial assumptions about important sites and civilizations. Link: BHM 2020
Our MOOC is still available and free to join!
The UNESCO RILA team developed Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World a couple of years ago as part of the Researching Multilingually project and we want to let you know that it is still available on the FutureLearn platform. Please note that this course is not currently being facilitated, however all the materials remain available to work through.
Registration is FREE at https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/multilingual
Conferences
Refugee Scholars Conference by STAR 5 & 6 October
This online event, organised by graduates from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds with the support of Student Action for Refugees (STAR) and Universities of Sanctuary, will be an opportunity for students from across the country to come together and share their experiences of higher education. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/refugee-scholars-conference-tickets-120170331697
Universities of Sanctuary conference 13 & 14 October
Unesco Chair Prof Alison Phipps will give a Keynote at the annual UoS conference on 13 October. This conference is an opportunity for the network to come together, share best practice and learn from each other. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/universities-of-sanctuary-2020-conference-tickets-119729705773
First published: 17 September 2020