August Interview: Alice Myers
This month we spoke to Alice Myers, an artist who recently travelled to camps in Calais to meet and photograph refugees and migrants. The resulting project is called ‘Nothing is … Continue reading
Making It Happen in Peterhead
The Make it Happen Café in Peterhead was a SSAMIS initiative led by Claire Needler from 25th to 30th July 2016. Its main aim was to create a welcoming community … Continue reading
Creating a Bibliotherapy Network for PhD Researchers
by Sibyl Adam Following the hugely successful SGSAH bibliotherapy training session ‘Getting the Word Out’ on 10th June at University of Edinburgh, interested participants held a networking event in association with GRAMNet … Continue reading
The Nauru Files: an opportunity for compassion
by Melanie Baak This is a press release, drafted in response to yesterday’s publication of the Nauru Files in the Guardian newspaper. The Nauru Files, comprising more than 2,000 … Continue reading
The Divides That Are Breaking Us
by Naomi Head Recent attacks in Nice, Munich, Normandy, Wuerzburg, Reutlingen, Ansbach and Paris have shocked European citizens to the core. Some of these attacks have been linked to … Continue reading
Afghan Hazaras Responses to the Asylum Seeker Debate in the Australian Media
by Heidi Hetz In May of this year, Heidi Hetz from the Hawke-EU Centre for Mobilities, Migrations, and Cultural Transformations, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia visited GRAMNet. … Continue reading
The Make It Happen Café!
Next week, in the old Happit Shop, Drummers’ Corner, Peterhead, from 25th to 30th July we have an exciting programme of workshops. Make art about living in Peterhead, talk … Continue reading
The Divides That Bond Us
by Anna Matthews The recent EU referendum has sparked an unwelcome change in British society. Racism and anti-immigration sentiment has always existed but it has now become acceptable in … Continue reading
Migration and Belonging: is there a way?
by Melanie Baak, School of Education, University of South Australia With the rise of hate crimes against migrants and visibly different minorities in Britain following the Brexit vote and … Continue reading
Out of the Cage: Positive Reporting about Women and Migration
By Angeline Mwafulirwa The UN estimates that at least 232 million people currently live outside their country of origin, many having moved for a variety of reasons. In and … Continue reading →