Creative Industries Festival: workshop "A Place for We"

How are Oxford's histories told and recorded? Join us for an interactive workshop to explore the living archive with the Oxford African Caribbean Community Archive.

Carribean patterns
A Place for We is a research group which has emerged from collaborative projects with community, creative and academic partners in Oxford. In this workshop we will give an insight into our explorations of archiving as a living practice through interactions with troubled and violent institutional archives on the one hand, and the rematerialization through storytelling and public performance of the individual and communal stories. After a short presentation participants can choose between two options for the interactive part: 

The journey of a community archive: participants will be invited to contribute to the making of ‘wearable archives’ to be worn at future events, which are a creative response to our research. The activities will form a backdrop to conversations about the lived experience of African Caribbean Oxford and the journey of a community archive across four decades.

Reclaiming Carnival - Memory, Identity, and Evolution in Diaspora Communities: participants will be invited to explore the rich cultural significance of carnival for diaspora communities in the UK. The session will include group discussions alongside a craft-based activity, offering participants a creative space to express their thoughts and engage in collective dialogue about the importance of reclaiming and reimagining carnival in today’s society. Image Credit: Rachel Barbaresi and Fusion Arts.
 

Contact us

Creative Industries Festival

creativeindustries@brookes.ac.uk