Conversations from Calais: Sharing Refugee Stories
Editor: Mathilda Della Torre
Publisher: Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
Print Length: 208 pages
Genre: Graphic Book, Non-Fiction / Essay, Art, Autobiography or Memoir
Area: Calais Refugee Camp, Calais, France
Topic: Art & Design, Arts-Based Method, Challenges & Opportunities, The Notion of Home, Belonging, Kindness, Food, Shelter, Loss & Longing, Conflict, Safety, Freedom, Freedom to Move and to Stay; Self-Determination, Autonomy, Agency; Everyday Life, Lived Experience, Movement of People and Ideas, Civil Participation, Collaboration & Participation, Dialogue, Future Scenarios, Hope, Humanity, Resilience, Similarities & Differences, Social Network, Survival, Testimonies, Volunteer & Volunteerism
‘A beautiful, deeply affecting and powerful marriage between art and activism’ – KHALED HOSSEINI, bestselling author of The Kite Runner
‘These are vital conversations. Everyone should eavesdrop on them’- KAMILA SHAMSIE, author of award-winning bestseller Home Fire
Conversations From Calais is a global art movement that captures moments between volunteers and refugees in poster form. Pasted on our city walls these posters amplify marginalised voices and bear witness to those who are often ignored.
Features essay contributions by Osman Yousefzada, Gulwali Passarlay, Nish Kumar, Joudie Kalla, Waad Al-Kateab, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ai Weiwei and Inua Ellams.
‘Showcases what the world so desperately needs more of right now: heart, hope and humanity’ – EMMA GANNON, author & podcaster
‘These conversations remind us that the only difference between ourselves and anyone else is circumstance’ – OLIVE GRAY, actor
Table of Contents
Introduction
01. Home & Belonging
02. Journey & Travel
03. Kindness & Connection
04. Food & Shelter
05. Loss & Longing
06. Conflict & Safety
07. Freedom & Choice
08. Hope & Future
Acknowledgements
Further Resources
Mathilda Della Torre is the founder of Conversations From Calais, a global poster project aiming to re-humanise the refugee crisis, and recently published her first book Conversations From Calais: Sharing Refugee Stories. She is currently working as the UK Activism Manager at Ben & Jerry’s leading their campaigns defending refugee and asylum seeker rights in the UK. Her work focuses on creating projects and campaigns that transition us to a sustainable, fair, and just society.
Source: https://www.mathildadellatorre.com/about
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