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The Open University presents:
Observing Displacement? Interrogating the Role of Art in the Politics of Displacement

21 June | 6pm–8pm | Free, registration essential
Migration Museum at the Workshop
26 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7AG

The Open University presents the first in a series of three public talks looking at the question of how we think about migration. It brings together academics and practitioners to engage with how the arts, politics and law represents the experiences of refugees and migrants.

What is the role of art and artists, particularly those using participatory practice, in the politics of displacement? What questions does such work raise? What possibilities does it open up? Focussing on artist Eva Sajovic’s work with displaced people in Jordan and Italy, the talk will engage with some of these perennial questions.

This event is part of Refugee Week.

Registration:

This is a free event, but registration via Eventbrite is essential.

Speakers:

Eva Sajovic, a Slovene-born artist photographer, living and working in London

Agnes Czajka, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University

Chiara Perini, Invisible Cities: Urban Multimedia Festival

Chair:

Aine O’Brien, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Counterpoints Arts, London

Other talks in this series:

Statelessness as Displacement in Situ 
12 July 6pm–8pm at Migration Museum at The Workshop

Migrants at the Centre: Looking beyond Marginalisation and Exclusion
19 July (TBC), 6pm–8pm at Migration Museum at The Workshop