BORDER CROSSINGS - Invitation to a participatory workshop and 'what have we been up to?'

We'd like to invite you to the Border Crossings Participatory Workshop on Thursday 3^rd  Nov 2022 from 17:30 to 19:00, in room G3 (next to the SOAS reception) with a chance to see the Project Dastaan animated shorts from 17:00-17:30 in the DLT next door.

To contribute to our research into how public narratives and memories of the partition of 1947 in the UK have developed and changed over time. Join us for a 'World Cafe' workshop which will be an interactive session in which you can talk with others, share your thoughts and learn more about the different ways in which 1947 continues to impact the world today.

Attendance is open to everyone, but please register here, as capacity is limited.

We thought you might like to see what we’ve been up to since the project launched earlier this summer.

From late July onwards we’ve been supporting the UK tour of Project Dastaan’s Child of Empire VR installation, conducting survey and interview research alongside the installation. On 29^th  July we joined the Project Dastaan team at the V&A, London as part of the museum’s late night events. From 1^st -7^th  August we were at the BFI and the Birmingham Museum from 8-14^th  August.

The VR has been at SOAS since 1st September and has already has more than 250 visitors. You can still catch it here at SOAS on 28^th  and 31^st  October from 14:00-17:00 in the Wolfson Gallery, in SOAS Library.

We’ll also be at Derby Museum when the exhibition heads there on 8^th  -13^th  November and at Bradford Cathedral where the installation runs from 14^th  – 19^th November.

Figure 1 V&A, 2 BFI, 3 SOAS

The Border Crossings exhibition in the Wolfson Gallery at SOAS is currently running also in the Wolfson Gallery, SOAS Library and will be available for viewing up to 16^th November. Curated by Border Crossing project co-ordinator Tajender Sagoo the exhibition features photographs by Graciela Magnoni and fabric art by Amarjeet Nandhra.

Border Crossings exhibition

We held our project launch event at SOAS on 22^nd September, the Border Crossings Multiverse ka Mushaira a music and spoken word event that featured 14 different performers: Moushimi Bhowmik and friends; DJ Shahrukh and Rahab Munir; Nabihah Iqbal; Rasika Ajotikar and Kenichi Kojima; Shaanvir Singh; Babar Luck’s World Citizen Folk Band, as well as poetry recitations from SOAS students.

We organised late night showings of Project Dastaan ‘Child of Empire’ and ‘Lost Migrations’ on the evening of 22nd September, at the project launch, and also on 20^th  October when we were joined by Project Dastaan founding member Saadia Gardezi for a fantastic Q+A session.

'Shaam-e-Sarhad Paar’

Border Crossings and Insaan Culture Club in collaboration with SOAS SU organised ‘Shaam-e-Sarhad Paar’ Thursday 27^th  October - ‘An evening of desi music, dance and words that cross the borders of South Asia and the diaspora’. With DJ Shahrukh and student performances.

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