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

"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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