Overlap Comics by Bible, Evanz, Fatime, Juanita, Noor, Stella & Susan July 2026 HRC-YMCA-GRABS Collaboration We are very happy to share this comic book showcasing photographs by young participant artists Bible, Evanz, Fatime, Juanita, Noor, Stella and Susan. The collection of comics included in this comic book are the result of a series of creative…
Stories driven by Time, Education & Socialising in K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada Photos by Evanz, Kingsley and Vanessa July 2026 HRC & GRABS Collaboration We are very pleased to present this photo book showcasing photographs by young participant artists Evanz, Kingsley and Vanessa. This photo book is the product of a collaboration between the Halifax Refugee…
Stories driven by Nature and Change of plans in K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada Photos by April, Henry, Pedro & Susana. July 2026 HRC & GRABS Collaboration We are very pleased to present this photo book showcasing photographs by young participant artists April, Henry, Pedro and Susana. This photo book is the product of a collaboration between…
Stories of Weather, Money, Food & Happiness in K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada Photos by Afia, Bible, Feza, Hekmat, Janet, Noor, Roda & Susan. July 2026 YMCA & GRABS Collaboration We are very pleased to present this photo book showcasing photographs by young participant artists Afia, Bible, Feza, Hekmat, Janet, Noor, Roda and Susan. This photo book…
by Jane Freedman, Glenda Santana de Andrade, Tamaryn Crankshaw, Aron Tesfai, Yasmin Rajah, Juan-Manuel Moreno Abstract: Whilst migration has been characterised as a quest for mobility, our research in South Africa has shown how young people in situations of forced migration experience multiple forms of immobility both physical and social as different legal, political, economic…
By Alex Japonais, Jorojina Elishal, Israel Wabikamba, Rammy Sadat, Jay, Aron Tesfai, Glenda Santana de Andrade, Jane Freedman AbstractThis article emerges from a series of participatory and creativeresearch workshops that we participated in as organisers/researchersand participants/co-researchers. The workshops were part of anongoing research project on young people’s experiences of migrationand (im) mobility across borders. Research…
We are pleased to share the first peer-reviewed academic publication from the ERC-funded project Growing Up Across Borders (GRABS). Authored by Glenda Santana de Andrade, Jane Freedman and Isabel Morrell, this open-access article has been published in Frontiers in Human Dynamics and reflects on the use of participatory methods with young people on the move. Drawing on early empirical and methodological insights from…
Fieldwork and scoping visit to K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada: A Comics-based essay This comics-based essay is both a report and a methodological exploration produced during my fieldwork and scoping visit to K’jipuktuk-Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, between 18 July and 4 August 2025 K’jipuktuk, which means “Great Harbour” in Mi’kmaw language, forms part of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral…
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…
“On the move: Troubling categories of (im)mobility” is inspired from conversations within the GRABS project team, and the horrific, yet hopeful, sight of bird nests built on top of razor wire fences at the entrance of Calais, France. After the original illustration, I made a composite with a long list of these troubling categories and their definitions using various glossaries, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. Finally, I wrote a short commentary piece to accompany the illustration.
