Memory and Emotion: Refugee Week event with artist Hong Dam.

The second of JFI and CRaB’s ‘Coffeee Shop Conversations’ will be taking place on Thursday 21st June from 12.30 in Guildhall Cafe. To mark Refugee Week 2018 we welcome Hong Dam. Hong is a Brighton-based Vietnamese artist whose work deals with memory, loss and displacement in the context of her experiences of becoming a refugee as a child. She will read a short extract from her debut novel Sympathy for the Dandelion after which there will be audience discussion about the work and themes arising. Please come along – there will, as with all of these events, be free tea, coffee and cake!

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CRaB and ArtReach event, Monday 21 May

CRaB are collaborating with ArtReach as part of a project funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and Google.com. The aim of the project is to promote ongoing dialogue between Portsmouth residents and refugees and asylum seekers in order to counter negative narratives and reduce the prevalence of and potential for extremist views. The first event, an arts workshop and subsequent conversation, will be taking place this Monday and will involve artist Gil Doron and his fascinating New Union Project. All welcome! Come to Friendship House on Elm Grove, Portsmouth, for 1-2.30 for the workshop and 3-4 for the Coffee Shop

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Urban regeneration through community participation: Reflections on the case of the Kasbah of Algiers

Sandra Jovchelovitch and Jacqueline Priego-Hernandez With half of humanity now living in urban areas, it is not accidental that the 21st century is considered the century of cities. Urbanization has transformed human lives and cities are major drivers of economic, social and cultural development. Yet, the positive power of urbanization has not eroded poverty, exclusion and inequality and, across the globe, the contemporary city remains a space of walls and sharp territorial boundaries. For many, in a global scale, the right to the city is moderated by the socioeconomic and psychological consequences of where in the city they live. Understanding

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