Camila Ferreira Marinelli How does a group’s identity change if it is subject to two vastly different conditions? How has Sahrawi identity developed in exile and under occupation? In this episode, Maarten Weinrich, a postgraduate student in Strategic Studies with a background in conflict transformation and peacekeeping research, explores how decades of conflict, exile, and occupation have led … Read more
Join us for Embodying Worldmakings: Bodies as/in Migration, an interdisciplinary workshop hosted by the Centre for Minorities Research at the University of St Andrews. This event delves into the intersections of critical dance studies, performance studies, and anthropology to explore how bodily movement and expression can illuminate the complexities of migration. Event Details: To register and learn … Read more
CMR is excited to announce a partnership project with the charity Really Real Resources, aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion within Scottish education. Working collaboratively with schools across Scotland, the project tackles the often-overlooked challenges faced by vulnerable populations—challenges that are frequently intensified by limited knowledge, awareness, and preparedness to engage with difference. Grounded in … Read more
In this episode, Natalia Hernandez Somarriba, a second-year PhD student in Modern Languages, compares two texts by Peruvian authors that address the broad context of unequal social relations within post-colonial Peru, as well as between Peru and Europe as a former colonial power. The first is the neo-indigenista novel Los ríos profundos (1958) by José … Read more
How can museums, traditionally visual spaces, become more accessible to visually impaired audiences? In this episode, Renato Trotta, a PhD candidate in Museum and Gallery Studies, explores the tensions between ocularcentric institutions and the need for non-visual engagement. He shares insights from his interdisciplinary research, drawing from museology, social sciences, critical disability theory, and psychology. … Read more
We are pleased to share a new article by Phd Candidate Sarah Edgcumbe, produced for Researching Internal Displacement’s Middle East Research Network on Internal Displacement (MERNID). The piece explores the challenges and complexities faced by returnee Iraqi Gypsies and Bedouin, emphasizing the urgent need for consultation with these communities on their protection and (re)integration needs. Drawing on research from 2021, … Read more
Join us on the latest CMR seminar series as we bring together scholars exploring the complexities of reconciliation in an era defined by intensive transformations. Amidst the chaos of the contemporary world—where the future paradoxically poses as both a source of hope and an abyss of uncertainty—reconciliation offers a potential framework for forging pathways towards … Read more
In this episode of the CMR Podcast, Allan Mjomba Majalia, a third-year PhD student in Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, delves into the Indigenous and local knowledge of fisher folk in Kenya and Ghana. He examines how marine social science—a Western epistemological framework—intersects with African ontologies … Read more
We are delighted to share a new article by CMR Academic Exchange Fellow Dr. Ruxandra Ana, published in the Dance Research Journal (Cambridge University Press). “Cuban-Style Salsa: Intersections of Tourism-Led Entrepreneurship and Dancing Personal Development” explores how Cuban-style salsa serves as both a cultural practice and a tool for personal and economic transformation. Through a … Read more
We are thrilled to announce that CMR Academic Exchange Fellow Dr. Ruxandra Ana has published a new article in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. “Modes of Embodiment: Exercising Agency through Afro-Cuban Dance” delves into the agentive power of Afro-Cuban dance within the global dance industry. Dr. Ana follows the professional journeys of dancers, … Read more