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Join us for our second Festival of Social Science event, with special screenings of two short films made by Migrants in Action – ‘We still fight in the dark’ and ‘When the lights go off…and the cleaners get in’.
We will also have a creative workshop addressing how creative, visual and embodied (VEM) approaches and applied drama methods can generate collective care.
We will explore what collective care means and how it can be built.
This is a free public event. Everyone is welcome, whatever your experiences. Refreshments will be provided.
About the films
‘We still fight in the dark’
In collaboration with a group of 12 resilient Brazilian women, the film explores gender violence experienced by two groups: women and girls living in the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, Complexo da Maré – where residents are predominantly poor and where Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG) is endemic – and among the Brazilian women living in London, one of the fastest-growing migrant groups in the city and the largest among Latin American countries.
‘When the lights go off…and the cleaners get in’
A poetic performance dwelving into the lives, dreams, and struggles of Latin American women working in the heart of London's cleaning sector. The project explores the incredible journeys of Latin American women. It’s a celebration of their strength, determination, and the richness they bring to the tapestry of London’s diverse workforce.
This is part of a series of events for the ongoing ESRC-funded project, Visual and Embodied Methodologies for Intersectional Gendered Violence and Imaging Gendered Violence - an Editorial project created and developed by the VEM Network at King’s, curated and published by Arts Cabinet in their Editorial series, 2024.
Migrants in Action
Migrants in Action are an organisation dedicated to creating a platform where migrant women from the Global Majority in the UK can share their narratives through diverse art forms. Through participatory arts approaches in research and engagement, they create a dynamic platform for collaborative projects where women are active co-creators, having their voices and experiences as the bedrock in their artistic endeavors.
We use participatory arts as a tool for dialogue, empowerment, production of knowledge and data. Our projects aim to contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by migrant women and to ignite conversations that can lead to real, positive societal changes.
Find out more - Imaging Resistance among Migrant Women
Read our report providing a critical review of relevant literature on intergenerational trauma, care and activism in general and among migrant women based on work with 22 migrant women living in London on the project 'Imaging Resistance among Migrant Women'.
The project also assesses how VEM intersects with more ‘traditional’ social science methods and evaluates how such arts-based approaches can reveal and generate resistance, activism and care.
Ahmed, S. (2024). Imaging Resistance among Migrant Women: Integenerational Trauma, Care and Activism. Visual and Embodied Methodologies Network Working Paper: King’s College London. October.
ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024
This event is hosted by the Visual and Embodied Methodologies (VEM) Network, as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 and the ongoing ESRC-funded project, Visual and Embodied Methodologies for Intersectional Gendered Violence (VEMINISTAS).
The festival explores the world of social science, from topics of health and wellbeing to crime, equality, education and identity. The festival runs from 19 October to 9 November with events across the UK.
At this event
Vice Dean (Research), Faculty of Social Sciences and Public Policy
Event details
MB 2.1 & 2.2Macadam Building
Macadam Building, Surrey Street, London, WC2R 2NS