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Director’s presentation Participation, engagement and impact
10 February 2010
Programme objectives
1. High quality research, multi-disciplinary, interdisciplinary; 2. Theoretical, conceptual, practice-led, empirical study; cultural, historical and linguistic perspectives and creative practice; 3. Body of theory, methods, case studies; comparative analysis; 4. Connection, communication and exchange between researchers and those beyond the academy; devt of policy; 5. Contribution to public awareness re arts and humanities research; 6. International significance and quality; 7. New directions and approaches; DMI embedded in future agenda of A&H and AHRC.
Connection, communication, exchange and policy input
Objective 4
Universities and Independent Research Organisations
• • Tate Encounters (London South Bank University, Tate Britain, Wimbledon College of Art) Fashioning Diasporas (Royal Holloway, V&A)
Other strategic partnerships
• • • Tuning In: Diasporic Contact Zones at BBC World Service (Open University, with BBC World Service) Artefacts and narratives of migration Rotherham museum collections and the Pakistani/Kashmiri community (University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, Creative Partnerships, a museum, local families, a school, a Sure Start centre, and a visual artist)
Mapping migrant cultures in Manchester 1880-2000
(University of Manchester, with Manchester Jewish Museum and Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre)
Events for stakeholders and a wider non-academic public
In June 2008 the think-tank DEMOS and AHRC held joint seminars for policy-makers and academics on The Cultural Age. Diasporas, Migration and Identities was showcased in the second seminar on ‘Culture, Integration and Citizenship’.
Research Partnerships and Impact in the Arts and Humanities, a roundtable with academics and non-academic stakeholders, held jointly with the University of Leeds, 22-23 September 2009.
Comparative study of Jews and Muslims in Britain, Europe and North America (Ansari, Royal Holloway)
The aim of this series of workshops, held in 2006, was to improve Muslim Jewish relations by comparing experience of minority life in western societies. Workshops were held for academics and for practitioners (those working on interfaith relations, race and community relations, and policy development, including rabbis and imams).
An e-book is available of papers given at these events,
Muslim-Jewish Dialogue in a 21 st Century World
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http://www.rhul.ac.uk/History/Research/CSJM06/ .
Diasporas, Migration and Identities policy input
• • • • Maria Holt (Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon): Foreign Affairs Committee Anthony Good and Robert Gibb (Conversion of asylum applicant’s narratives into legal discourses), workshop with NGOs, justices, lawyers, ministers from UK and France on best practice and international comparisons Rosemary Sales and colleagues workshop (Images and realities of London’s Chinatown) policy paper and community Kim Knott and colleagues at Leeds Office as a result of the programme (The Roots, Practices and Consequences of Terrorism: A Literature Review of Research in the Arts & Humanities), funded by the Home
Contribution to public awareness of arts and humanities research Objective 5
Outputs for non-academic audiences : 2005-09
• Publications for non-academic audiences produced by programme participants numbered over 70, with an additional 70 electronic outputs. • In the first five years, around 200 events for stakeholders and a wider public were held (talks, workshops etc).
• About 65 exhibitions and performances have been held.
• Over 50 ‘creations’ have been produced (composition, creative writing, works of art, artefacts, designs etc).
Exhibitions:
Moving Patterns,
Royal Geographical Society Helen Scalway (Crang, Breward et al)
Exhibitions
Home and Away
Children’s Images of Journeys and Places
V&A Museum of Childhood
The Children, Gardner, Mand, Zeitlyn
Striking Women Voices of South Asian Workers from Grunwick and Gate Gourmet
, The Women’s Library (until end March) Pearson, McDowell, Sundari Anitha The hildren, Gardner, Mand, Zeitlyn
Music of Afghanistan
John Baily and Veronica Doubleday DMI/CRONEM conference 2009
When research and dissemination interlink TNMundi international cultural events and conferences • Antananarivo, Madagascar 15-17 November 2007 “Musics of Madagascar: South < > North Crossroads?” • Rabat, Morocco 12-14 November 2008 “Music and Migration: North African Artists’ networks across Europe and Africa”
fifty creations
well, not all of them...
Susan pui san Lok
Helen Scalway
A long way from home: Diaspora communities in Roman Britain
Eckardt, Lewis, Mueldner 2 reconstruction images by Aaron Watson 3 short stories by children’s author, Caroline Lawrence, for the Yorkshire Museum
Ten poems
by 12-17 year olds about identity, belonging and migration Procter, Benwell, Robinson and Kay
Home and Away: Children’s art and work of graffiti artist
Sustaining Diasporas, Migration and Identities research and its impact Objective 7
Legacy and impact
• • • • Research legacy within the academy through, Training of early career scholars Creating a research base which generates new applications for funding from AHRC and elsewhere Producing publications which contribute to future research on diasporas, migration and identities Establishing new strategic relationships with external partners with their own skills, knowledge, interests and agenda
Legacy and impact
• • • • • Impact beyond the academy through, Collaborative partnerships Policy input Publications, web resources, training material, exhibitions for a wide range of publics Impact on organisations, their practices and agenda Media interest
How Asian women made trade union history and shattered stereotypes
Sarfraz Manzoor The Guardian, 20 January 2010 Pearson, McDowell, Sundari Anitha