Posts In: visual
A Creative Storytelling Project with Women Migrants in Johannesburg, South Africa (Dispatch)
In this dispatch ACMS/maHp postdoctoral researchers Rebecca Walker and Elsa Oliveira reflect on ‘Mwangaza Mama’, an arts-based storytelling project that they undertook in collaboration with a group of seven migrant women from across the African continent, who are now living in Johannesburg.
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“Voetsek! Us, Brothers?” Screening
The Migration and Health Project (maHp) of the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), at the University of the Witwatersrand invites you to the screening of Voetsek! Us, Brothers?
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Call for Artist Fellowships
maHp is looking to award up to five Artist Fellowships. The fellowships aim to support work that explores the role of art in promoting migration and health related research, and new knowledge uptake through public engagement. Closing date 31 March 2018.
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MoVE, participation, and partnerships
A consistent aspect of method:visual:explore projects (MoVE) has been the partnerships that create the conditions necessary for various projects to occur. Most MoVE projects usually occur in some partnership with a specialist social organisation, and sometimes, with another research body. This post takes stock of some of these connections.
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Examining the use of participatory visual and narrative methods to explore the lived experience of migrants in Southern Africa
In this paper, we explore the opportunities – and challenges – associated with visual research methodologies.
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A day to day account of a participatory arts-based workshop
This blog entry offers a facilitator’s glance into the day to day activities that comprise a participatory arts-based workshop conducted in partnership with a grassroots activist organisation.
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Visualising Migration at Sea
This arts-based research project aims to throw light on the world of oceanic mobilities and subaltern populations who get contained in states of suspension or drown in order to find a better life.
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