Description
Abstract:This presentation reflects on the moral dimension of a participatory film-making project with refugee young people who wanted to make a film to support other new young arrivals in the process of making home in Scotland. In the first part, I highlight some of the challenges of collaborating with refugee young people, in light of the often-de-humanizing representations of refugees in mainstream media and the danger of the triple conflation of authenticity–voice–pain in academic narratives about refugees. In the second part, I show how honouring young people’s desire to convey the hopeful aspects of making home emerged as a key pedagogical strategy to affirm their expert position and encourage their participation in the project.
Period | 2021 |
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Event title | TLC Network: Voice, Autonomy and Utopian Desire in Participatory Filmmaking with Young Refugees. |
Event type | Seminar |
Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- Voice
- Autonomy
- Participatory Film Making
- Young People
- Refugees
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Activities
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TLC Network
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Scottish International Film Education Conference 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Key-note speaker and plenary lectures at conferences