You will find your people
here
performance
and panel discussion
30
September 2023 h 15
Teatro
Piccolo Arsenale, Campo de la Tana 2161, Venezia
organized
by Cattedra Unesco SSIIM
in collaboration with MGL and Frame45 as a collateral event (Carnival)
of La Biennale di Venezia
poster
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abstract
The Performance "You Will Find Your People Here" is a
collaborative, interdisciplinary work by Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Clare
Loveday and Mareli Stolp, combining the piano, the spoken word, and
other forms of vocal utterance to create a response to texts and testimonies
from migrant women currently living in Johannesburg.
After the performance, a short, filmed performance by Gugulethu
Mthembu will be screened.
Two sessions will follow
Session 1: discussion with the performers
Caroline Wanjiku Kihato ODID Oxford University and University of the
Witwatersrand’s African Centre for Migration & Society
Clare Loveday composer
Mareli Stolp pianist
Gugulethu Mthembu
architect
chaired by Elena Ostanel SSIIM Unesco Chair, Università Iuav di Venezia
Session 2:
“It’s my time!” Gender, Geography and Temporalities
Introduction to INSigHT project
Giovanna Marconi SSIIM Unesco Chair, Iuav
Presentation of the book “Social protection programmes. Narratives
of nigerian women and the anti-trafficking practitioners in Italy”
(Routledge, 2023)
Michela Semprebon
University of Parma
chaired by Loren Landau University of Oxford, University of the
Witwatersrand’s African Centre for Migration & Society and
Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance lab