Our project photojournalist, Carey Marks, spent the day working with individual participants. Carey is working on a series of portraits capturing the essence of the person not their status. While photos were taken, the other participants were developing their maps. We paused to ask about crucial issues related to housing, sharing a life, getting on…
Mapping memories through roots and routes – Workshop THREE
Intricate layers of maps and tracing paper were used throughout the workshop. Participants recited their memories of everyday places they visited, lived in and journeyed from their homes. They remembered the roads, the smell, the noise, and the crowds. We discussed how communities practiced their everyday lives and how different and similar that is to…
Mapping and tracing journeys and memories – Workshop TWO
At the end of Workshop ONE we knew that there was an urgency to start Workshop TWO with a story sharing session before moving on to the focus of the workshop which is: mapping and tracing journeys and memories. participants parted with intimate details of their journeys and arrivals to the UK. We discussed the…
Mapping techniques and scanning of photos, objects and other visual material – Workshop ONE
After an inspiring series of one-to-one interviews with the project’s participants, we are now starting a major milestone in the life of the project, the workshops! We’ll be using different mapping techniques and other visual means to tell stories of belonging, longing, culture and heritage of one’s home and homeland. Mapping roots and routes will…
Creative Recovery partners and collaborators
The project’s main partner organisation who has acted as the main recruiter for participants is the British Red Cross, Plymouth Branch. The Displacement Studies Research Network (DSRN) played a significant part in creating connections with the project’s main partner (BRC) and other partners such as Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council who have emerged as…
Cultural exchange gives refugees a chance to share memories of home
Refugees are often expected to integrate into their host countries without a deeper understanding of their heritage and home practices’ needs. In 2002, when 2% of the Plymouth population were of BME/MABE backgrounds, the Home Office designated Plymouth as a dispersal centre for asylum seekers in the UK. By 2011, this percentage had risen to…
Mapping Creative Recovery 