Zine Workshop

This creative-critical zine workshop is designed to continue a group based conversation about immigration and detention in the UK and the pressing need for good interpreter provision for migrants. This workshop is designed to facilitate creative responses to Interpreter Research at GDWG (Link here), derived from the How To Guide: Interpreter Access for Migrants, specifically the simplified Self-Advocacy Guide.

The workshop will be facilitated by Dr T Pilgrim who is an independent scholar and creative practitioner, on behalf of Refugee Tales, in partnership with the Science Museum Group.

Following the workshop a museum walk will be offered to participants by Science Museum Group staff who will accompany them into the Science Museum for a self-guided tour.

There has never been a more pressing time to talk about immigration and detention in the UK and to provide an alternative space of community away from the divisive rhetoric. Refugee Tales (link here) in their charitable support of Gatwick Detainee Welfare Group (link here), now entering its thirty first year, provides a space of welcome and a supportive community in which the voices of refugees can be heard and shared in volumes published by Comma Press.

GDWG have carried out Interpreter Research in response to increasing concerns about the impact of insufficient or substandard translation provision for asylum seekers and refugees, and the lasting ramifications of such failings. The How To Guide was commissioned as an output to aid community groups, non-governmental organisations and local authorities who are advocating for migrants and are in need of guidance on delivering statuary services. The Guide accompanies The Best Interpreting Practice Guide and The Self-Advocacy Guide which is a simplified version that is currently being translated into multiple languages. Good interpreter provision and translation services for migrants are vital to ensure the protection of their human rights.

This workshop will explore zine making as a creative mode of Knowledge Exchange between people with different lived experiences and stories of immigration and detention, and foster discussions about interpreter provision. All are welcome to join our continuing conversation, whatever your background and experience.

Zines have inherent freedoms from the usual social, cultural and political constraints of publishing and they offer an expansive range of creative possibilities. For examples of a zine archive and zines that are used for teaching see the Glasgow Women's Library: https://archive.womenslibrary.org.uk/zines-2 and the British Library: https://mxcoman.medium.com/pocket-miscellanies-a-guide-for-contributors-8077c9f74eb7.

All materials and refreshments will be provided.

All welcome – This event is free to attend, but booking is required.

There are a limited number of places available at this workshop.

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