CONTESTED HERITAGE: CRAFTING NATIONS
For Refugee Week 2020 D6 will create a timely and pertinent conversation to reflect on how cultural heritage is used to construct the concept of nations. This debate is informed by our current local partnerships and community engagement and is the first of three webinars titled Crafting Nations, the second capacity building theme of CONTESTED DESIRES. Our international artists and producers will be in conversion with Tiger de Souza, Volunteering, Participation and Inclusion Director at the National Trust and Sajida Carr, Director of Operations and Development at Creative Black Country to consider: How do we share heritage narratives? What is the relationship between heritage and crafting nations? How do we navigate contested histories in the heritage context? And who has access to heritage?
Our discussion will be captured through a written response by poet and producer Degna Stone, which we will share publicly soon after the event.
Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival held each year to observe UN World Refugee Day on 20 June, highlighting the need for sanctuary and celebrating the everyday contribution refugees make to society. The protests, ricocheting around the globe following the brutal death of George Floyd, have made more vital and urgent the need to understand the often deep rooted inequality that exists in our world. Despite lockdown, there is a wealth of online cultural activity: at D6 we are looking forward to attending this year’s Migration Matters Festival and invite you to explore the programme of activities taking place across the country on the Refugee Week Website.
#refugeeweek2020
Our discussion will be captured through a written response by poet and producer Degna Stone, which we will share publicly soon after the event.
Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival held each year to observe UN World Refugee Day on 20 June, highlighting the need for sanctuary and celebrating the everyday contribution refugees make to society. The protests, ricocheting around the globe following the brutal death of George Floyd, have made more vital and urgent the need to understand the often deep rooted inequality that exists in our world. Despite lockdown, there is a wealth of online cultural activity: at D6 we are looking forward to attending this year’s Migration Matters Festival and invite you to explore the programme of activities taking place across the country on the Refugee Week Website.
#refugeeweek2020