A couple of weeks ago, Megan Howell, who studied VCD with us last year, got in contact to say that she was putting on a photograph exhibition in Cardiff, displaying some photos the Jungle camp in Calais where she has been working.
She invited me to the opening on Sunday so we could have a public discussion as part of Refugee Week. Megan identified some moments from her time in Calais that she found particularly significant in defining the aggression that refugees there are facing, I gave some theoretical perspectives, and Baraa Alhalabieh, whom Megan met in Calais and who now lives in London, gave an account of his journey from Syria.
The event was hosted in a café, Cardiff Made (41 Lochaber St), and Megan's work will be on display there for the next week or so. If you feel like a nice cup of tea and a cake, the photos are really worth seeing and prompted a rich discussion the violence of global, European and national politics.
The event was supported by the Welsh Refugee Council.
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