Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities

Brian Callan is Lecturer in Psychosocial Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Pearson Nkhoma is Lecturer in Community Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Naomi Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at Goldsmiths, University of London.

1. Introduction - Critical Research, Crucial Voices and Creative Practice – by the editors





Part 1: Critical Research


2. Exploring conceptions of ‘home’ with Afghan migrant and refugee women – An Insider-Research Project – Rabia Nasimi


3. From Neoliberalism to Neoexclusionism: How Grassroots Faith Communities Are Resisting Division and Crossing Borders – Naomi Thompson, Graham Bright and Peter Hart


4. Agency & Frustration - Overcoming Obstacles at UNHCR – Brian Callan


5. Practical and Ethical Considerations in Community Engagement and Participatory Research with Vulnerable Groups – Rachel Hughes and Naomi Thompson





Part 2: Crucial voices


6. Abandonment: Out of Sight Out of Mind – Michael Darko


7. Evolving Paradigms - Witnessing Refugees’ Unstable Passages to Safety – Sarah Crawford-Browne


8. “O my body, make of me always a person who always questions the double binds you place me in!” - Eric Harper


9. Unaccompanied Child Migrants: Leaving and Being Prostituted - Pearson Nkhoma





Part 3: Creative practice


10. Social justice, professional values and international organisation: Exploring some motivations for practitioners who work with migrants and the opportunities for value-led practice that this work can present - Finbar Cullinan


11. Finding New Ground: Therapeutic Insights from a Creative Movement and Art Group with Asylum Seeking Women Living in Temporary Accommodation - Marina Rova, Claire Burrell and Marika Cohen


12. Mutual creativity in a hostile environment. How can arts-based well-being interventions operate with integrity amidst punitive policies? - Kate Phillips


13. Creative processes in socially-engaged art and local authority social work with refugee and asylum-seeking young people - Rachel Hughes and Marijke Steedman





14. Conclusion – by the editors