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…
We’re excited to announce the opening of our exhibition at the KZNSA Gallery in Durban on Saturday 31st January 2026. The exhibition showcases photographs and podcasts produced by young participants as part of our research in eThekwini/Durban, South Africa. Exhibition Opening Details:Saturday, 31 January 202611h00Park Gallery, KZNSA Gallery166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood This exhibition is funded…
Jane and Glenda led a second phase of participatory research activities in Paris involving participatory photography workshops with two groups of young women. One photography workshop was carried out in partnership with the Utopia56 association. All participants were minors, some of them currently awaiting recognition of their status as unaccompanied minors. The second photography workshop,…
Two of our team — Jane Freedman and Glenda Santana de Andrade — conducted a two-part trip to South Africa between 11 and 29 November 2025, working closely with young people on the move and with our valued local partners, Africa Unite and Refugee Social Services. Cape Town (11–24 November): Podcast & Photography Production with Africa Unite From 11 to…
In October 2025 Jane and Izzy visited Athens to work with young people in situations of forced migration. We met young women and men at two organisations – Melissa Network and Velos Youth. It was great to spend time there and talk to the young people about their different experiences. One of the issues that…
The first round of participatory activities in Paris has now come to an end. In this initial phase, we organised focus group discussions and held two participatory photography workshops and one podcast workshop with young participants.
In January, the young people we work with in Athens, Greece, were presented with a printed copy of their photobooks! These books were created from a series of photovoice workshops in October, organised in collaboration with Velos Youth and Melissa Network. Participants took fantastic pictures, discussed each other’s work meaningfully and categorised their photos. The…
The GRABS team took part in the SOCIN Conference in Macerata, Italy (23–26 September 2025). We presented a paper entitled “Innovative Research with Young People on the Move: Challenging Coloniality and Extractivism in Knowledge Production.”
In late July, Juan Manuel Moreno, one of GRABS PhD candidates, travelled to K’jipuktuk-Halifax, in Eastern Canada for a two-week fieldwork and scoping visit. K’jipuktuk-Halifax is the ancestral land of the Mi’kmaq who lived in these lands for over 11000 years. Today, K’jipuktuk-Halifax is the capital of what is known as the province of Nova…
In July and August 2025 two members of our team, Jane Freedman and Glenda Santana de Andrade travelled to eThekwini (Durban) South Africa. Working in collaboration with colleagues from the HEARD team at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Refugee Social Services (RSS), we organised participatory photography/photovoice and podcasting workshops with five groups of young people.…
