“Decolonising isn’t about writing an alternate narrative, it’s about creating space for multiple narratives”
This series of 5 events will allow space for discussion of Glasgow’s heritage from a racially literate perspective. Four workshops will focus on deepening engagement with Glasgow's colonial and Imperial history, using the 1938 Empire Exhibition as a case study. Participants will use materials about this event and make connections with other events and contemporary issues and identities. The focus will be on understanding a range of different views on complex heritage.
In order to facilitate discussion, this event series is only for people who are racially minoritised or mixed ethnicities. If you are not from a minoritised ethinicity, you can still engage with the project, please email D.Abbott@gsa.ac.uk to find out more.
Each workshop will include a light meal (cold buffet with mostly vegan options.)
The final workshop will be a summary/evaluation to allow us to understand the key issues for sharing beyond the group. We hope that the workshops will lead to greater racial literacy about Glasgow residents’ complex relationships to empire/colonialism, in a form that can be shared with policymakers and used as evidence for policy reform. The final workshop will involve optional anonymised data gathering and participants will receive a £20 voucher as a thank-you for attending.
Attendees must be aged over 18 to participate.
We ask that people sign up to the whole series of events.
The workshops take place on the following dates:
- Thurs 21st August, 6.00-8.15pm
- Thurs 4th September, 6.00-8.15pm
- Thurs 18th September, 6.00-8.15pm
- Thurs 2nd October, 6.00-8.15pm
- Thurs 16th October, 6.00-8.15pm [evaluation/research workshop]
Places are strictly limited, so please let us know if you can no longer attend so we can give your place to someone on the waiting list.
Public transport costs will be covered for attendees who are refugees or asylum seekers.
This small project is funded by The Glasgow School of Art. More info: https://sit.gsa.ac.uk/project/space-for-multiple-narratives
