Perspectives on participatory research: An attempt at cowriting with young people in situations of forced migration

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By Alex Japonais, Jorojina Elishal, Israel Wabikamb’, 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…

Discussing the use of participatory methods with young people on the move

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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

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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…

First GRABS Photobooks with Youth in Athens, Greece

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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…

Illustration of a right foot and clouds shapes made by starling birds flying over a sunset horizon. Title reads "On the move: troubling categories of (im)mobility". Text with categories all over the illustration is associated to birds with small arrows pointing at them. Colours black, grey, and blue over cream white background. Illustration signed by Juanchila, 30 January 2025.

On the move: Troubling categories of (im)mobility

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“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.

Dissémination des résultats du projet

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Les opérations prévues pour la dissémination ont commencé par une phase d’expérimentation menée par l’équipe de l’Université de Paris 8 avec la diffusion dans des cours en ligne (Master en sciences de l’éducation, semestre 1, 2010-21) de vidéos des classes virtuelles. Compte tenu du contexte sanitaire COVID-19, de l’impossibilité d’accéder à nos sites universitaires respectifs…

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