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[ecrea] conference - Rights and Might: Cultural counter-narratives of the migrant and refugee experiences

Fri Jun 09 18:02:55 GMT 2017




"Rights and Might: Cultural counter-narratives of the migrant and refugee experiences"

The MeCCSA Radio Studies Network is pleased to be supporting Rights and Might; a conference offering a meaningful cross-cultural and interdisciplinary engagement with hitherto neglected refugee, migrant and exilic experiences. There is a film festival alongside theory, practice and policy discussions aimed at policymakers, academics and students, as well as to wider publics/citizens. It brings together international filmmakers, musicians, and artists who are involved in capturing and responding to individual stories of struggles and successes of individual migrants and refugees living and working in the UK, from the Georgian period to the present day, with policymakers, practitioners and academics working globally on migration and refugee issues. Rights and Might encourages discussion of the hidden opportunities and unspoken challenges faced by migrants and refugees. The objective is to unravel little known personal and positive stories of migrants in changing contexts and to detail their agency, including their vital contributions to reshaping cultural landscapes and artistic expression.

The MeCCSA Radio Studies Network panel on the role of radio in the migrant and refugee experience takes place on Friday 23rd June, from 2:45 - 4pm. Chaired by Josephine Coleman of Birkbeck College, the speakers are as follows: Emma Heywood, Coventry University - The role of local radio in conflict-affected and occupied zones; Caroline Mitchell, University of Sunderland - ‘Home on the radio?’: Transnational community radio as a tool for refugee expression and support; Ajit Singh, Desi Radio - Serving the Panjabi Community in Southall and beyond; Kathy O'Hare, University College Cork - How to set up a digital community led radio station in an illegitimate refugee camp in Calais.

The conference, being held 22-24 June 2017, will consist of an opening reception, a keynote, a radio industry panel, 9 parallel panels and an artist’s presentation. There will also be a concurrent film festival held 24-25 June 2017 at Regent Street Cinema. The conference fee is £45, with a concessionary rate of £22 for students, which covers conference documentation, refreshments and administrative costs. More information and ticketing is available at the following web address:
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/events/rights-and-might-cultural-counter-narratives-of-the-migrant-and-refugee-experiences



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