TLRH | Trinity and the Changing City: Migration and its Artistic Representation

Thursday, 18 February 2021, 7 – 8pm A panel discussion as part of
the 'Trinity and the Changing City' Series in partnership with
Trinity Long Room Hub. This panel discussion will focus on the
artistic representation of refugees and direct provision. It will
include as speakers Vukasin Nedeljkovic, Dr Bisi Adigun, Bulelani
Mfaco, and Dr Roja Fazaeli. Vukasin Nedeljkovic compiled an archive
of photographs while in direct provision and afterwards to document
the conditions in Direct Provision. Vukasin Nedeljkovic holds a
Masters in Visual Arts Practice at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Arts,
Design and Technology. He will present images from his archive. Dr
Bisi Adigun (adjunct lecturer in drama, TCD and Senior Lecturer in
Bowen University, Iwo Nigeria) will speak about his work with
Arambe Theatre Company in bringing awareness of African immigrant
experiences to Irish audiences through his work as a director and
writer. His adaptation, co-written with Roddy Doyle, of a Nigerian
Playboy of the Western World, was presented at the Abbey Theatre.
Bulelani Mfaco is a South African refugee who has spent several
years in Direct Provision in Ireland after receiving a Masters
degree from UCD. He has been a representative for MASI, the
Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, on the government’s expert
group tasked with reforming direct provision. Dr Roja Fazaeli
(Middle Eastern Studies, TCD) will speak about her work with
refugees and the importance of TCD to become a university of
sanctuary. Dr Fazaeli has served on the boards of Amnesty
International, the Irish Refugee Council, and the Irish Immigrant
Council. Steve Wilmer (Professor Emeritus in Drama, TCD) will chair
the panel. Trinity and the Changing City is organised by the
Identities in Transformation research theme, led by Daniel Faas,
Department of Sociology, and is supported by the Trinity Long Room
Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/