Kwibuka translates in Kinyarwanda as “to remember”. April 2019 marks 25 years since the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The 7th–14th April 2019 was a national week of mourning, and the remembrance period lasts until the 4th July. More information may be found on the official Kwibuka25 website....
The role of arts for peacebuilding initiatives has influenced major research and civil society organisations both nationally and internationally. Some of the benefits of arts-based approaches includes the opportunity to create innovative approaches for community dialogue alongside the development of skill building in the performing arts more generally. Mobile Arts...
The GCRF is a strange beast—it’s both a conventional research fund focussed on ‘excellent science’ and a distinctly unconventional development fund, part of the UK Government’s ODA commitment and helping to achieve the UK AID Strategy. it would be fair to say that this dual focus sometimes creates tension. Some...
Kicking off ‘Changing the Story’ in Kosovo Kick-off Workshop The Kosovo strand of “Changing the Story” kicked off the phase I project called “ACT – Arts, critical thinking & active citizenship” with a workshop bringing together artists, academics and activists from Kosovo and the UK. The workshop, organized by the University...