Who do we think we are? is a one-day workshop for educators and students (16+) on race, migration and belonging in the UK. It foregrounds approaches to these topics that are attuned to the relationships between past and present, and between local and global geographies, and will examine some of the legacies of colonial and global histories in contemporary British society.
The workshop will focus on the ways in which historical research, family histories, personal biographies, lived experiences can be put to work when exploring these topics. Further, it highlights how we can uncover these methodologically through creative and visual methods.
The workshop aims to give educators and students new tools to support and enhance learning on these topics, both inside and outside formal classroom settings.
The workshop is supported by the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project and the Sociological Review Foundation.
Confirmed presenters include:
- Professor Michaela Benson (Lancaster University)
- Lela Harris (Artist)
- Dr Hannah Lewis (University of Sheffield)
- Dr Caitlin Nunn (Manchester Metropolitan University)
- Geraldine Onek (Lancaster Black History Group)
- Fizza Qureshi (Migrant Rights Network)
- Gisela Renolds (Global Link)
- Soumayeh Roustaei (East Meets West)
- Dr Ala Sirriyeh (Lancaster University)
- Professor Imogen Tyler (Lancaster University)
- Senna Yousef (Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging project).
More to be announced.
Free lunch and refreshments will be provided for all those attending.
We will also be making some travel bursaries available for local travel.
We invite teachers to bring along students.
Location
Lancaster University Library.
Tickets
Image credit
'Afamefuna - 'Ebo Boy' by Lela Harris. Image courtesy of Judge’s Lodgings Museum, Lancashire County Council'