Film Series: Compulsory Figures
This December is a busy month: UK elections, the winter holidays as well as International Migrants Day. We believe this day is a very important occasion to appreciate and celebrate … Continue reading
Film Series: Destierros
It’s November – it’s International Day for Tolerance! We celebrate and raise awareness for the importance of tolerance, understanding and kindness amidst conflict and extremism. Our pick for this occasion … Continue reading
Film Series Launch: Hamada
The GRAMNet/BEMIS Film Series is back with a brand new programme of films that explores themes of migration, labour and memory. Join us for the opening event with the screening … Continue reading
Looking Back, Thinking Ahead: The GRAMNet/BEMIS Film Series
The 2018/19 GRAMNet/BEMIS Film Series was a journey of (self)discovery through a variety of film themes and forms that broadly reacted to and interrogated current political and social issues around … Continue reading
The Art of Displacement: Understanding Refugees’ Connection to Place Through the Works They Create
This guest blog post is written by Elizabeth Hampson, an MSc Comparative Public Policy student from the University of Edinburgh. She is currently a visiting researcher at the African Centre for … Continue reading
Film Series: Lady of the Harbour
Join us on Wednesday, 19 June, from 6pm at CCA for the final screening of this series before we return in October with a brand new programme. To celebrate World Refugee … Continue reading
UNESCO Spring School: Part 2
The third and final day of the UNESCO Spring School 2019 offered a performative, engaging, playful opportunity to listen and share stories of labouring and resting. The day started energetically … Continue reading
Catrin Evans keynote listener report – Spring School 1 May 2019
Keynote listening – UNESCO RILA Spring School, Wed 1st May 2019 Catrin Evans I hear music I hear the stories of geese and the histories of gathering that hold us … Continue reading
The Refugee Festival as a Pilgrimage
This post is written by Hyab Yohannes, PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow and GRAMNet intern for Refugee Festival Scotland 2019. Check out the GRAMNet programme of events for Refugee … Continue reading →