The fourth seminar, entitled 'The role of the arts in understanding experiences of migration' will explore the use of the arts as a method for exploring migration and for enabling migrants to articulate and express their experiences. It will also explore the existence or otherwise of 'immigrant art' or 'refugee art' and the use of the arts as a mechanism for communicating 'the migrant experience' to a wider public and policy audience.
Date: Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Time: 9:30am – 5pm
Venue: Singleton Abbey, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP
Speakers:
Professor Heaven Crawley, Swansea University
Dr Maggie O’Neill, University of Durham
Dr Tom Cheeseman, Swansea University
Alex Rotas, Cardiff University
Ricky Romain, Artist
Margareta Kern, Artist
Susan Roberts, Bridging Arts
Kuljit Chuhan, Artist and Founder of Virtual Migrants
To receive information about future events in the CMPR series please contact Professor Heaven Crawley, School of the Environment and Society, Tel: +44 (0) 1792 602409, Email: h.crawley@swansea.ac.uk.
