In February, as part of my doctoral fieldwork research within the GRABS project, I was in K’jipuktuk-Halifax*, Nova Scotia, Canada, where I worked in collaboration with the Halifax Refugee Clinic and YMCA Youth Outreach to facilitate several focus group discussions (FGDs) with young people. During the FGDs, which lasted about two hours each, participants were…
MOTIVER Un poème par Landry Le regard levé au loin Un sacré magic Lever du soleil, Inoubliables sont nos peines, remplis de doutes et inquiétudes Mais bombé est le torse, comme un esclave en quête de signe de lumière. A retenir: nos pensées nous rendent aveugles, le but c’est d’accepter d’être incompris par soi…
La première exposition à Paris du projet Grandir aux frontières s’est ouverte le 26 février à la Maison des Réfugiés. L’événement, inauguré par la Professeure Jane Freedman, de l’Université Paris 8, et financé par le Conseil européen de la recherche, a réuni les jeunes artistes et le public dans un moment de convivialité et d’échange. À destination…
Episode 18: KZNSA Gallery exhibition coverage by Jorojina and Matilda, featuring audience and artists’ perspectives
Glenda Santana de Andrade and Israel Wabikamba (one of the young GRABS participants in South Africa) were recently interviewed by France 24 about our recent photo exhibition at the KZNSA Gallery in eThekwini-Durban. Glenda explained to international viewers the origins and objectives of our project, whilst Israel spoke about his photographs and what participating in…
Athens Soundscape. By Nemo, Dino, Izzy & Jane
From 8 to 25 January, Glenda Santana de Andrade conducted a field trip in Johannesburg as part of the Growing Up Across Borders (GRABS) project, in close collaboration with our local partners RCP – Refugee Children’s Project and Aron Tesfai. The visit focused on participatory creative workshops using photography and podcasting with young people. The objective was to create…
The GRABS project organised our first photo exhibition in a public art gallery, the KZNSA Gallery in eThekwini-Durban in South Africa. The exhibition, a culmination of our photography workshops, brought together a series of photos taken by young refugees on the theme of belonging/difference. The young people involved brought their own imagination to interpret what…
Episode 16: Peer pressure and gender equality by Byran, Ghostie, Michele, Emmanuel, Saidy and Estie
Episode 15: Experiences as migrant by Catherine, Jael, Maria, Loyiso and Lerato
