Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) - Development Award
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Education
Abstract
The Development Award (DA) progresses the Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) Networks Plus proposal to full stage application. Concurrently, the DA sets in place structures and strategies should CUSP proposal be successful and strengthens the capabilities of partner non-academic organisations should the proposal not be successful. By focusing on capability building for funding applications, the DA will have a positive impact regardless of the outcome of the CUSP proposal.
CUSP draws together well-established partnerships between academic and non-academic institutions and organisations in LMIC countries that experience situations of protracted crisis and/or fragile environments. It focusses on the needs, experiences and capabilities of young people, and develops avenues for leadership by women. CUSP addresses the call "Preventing Conflict, Building Sustainable and Inclusive Peace" to identify strategies for conflict transformation through arts and cultural work. Led by the University of Glasgow in collaboration with Keele University, CUSP works with partners in Ghana, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine, Zimbabwe to identify and share successful grassroots conflict transformation practices and to encourage arts and cultural work as ways to promote conflict transformation, economic growth, and (digital) tourism.
The DA will allow partners to:
A. Strengthen and capacitate the research base on conflict transformation and cultures of peace through mutual design of full Network Plus application
B. Capacitate all partners to carry out decolonising research
C. Develop partners' capabilities to progress the Network Plus proposal and/or the knowledge and know-how to actively pursue funding calls
To achieve these aims, the DA will pursue the following objectives:
1. Collaborate online across borders towards the development of a full proposal for the Network Plus call, also addressing reviewers' feedback. Prepare for interview.
2. Meet in person in the spring of 2020 so that
a. Should the CUSP proposal be successful, all partners can meet to:
i. strengthen existing relationships and build new ones
ii. carry out peer training in decolonial research theories and practices
iii. set in place governance and management structures
iv. plan forward for Network Plus next stages
b. Should the CUSP proposal not be successful, non-academic LMIC partners can meet to
i. receive peer training on the requirements of GCRF funding (e.g. in relation to accountability, ethical requirements, safeguarding, due diligence, data management)
ii. draft a common funding strategy
iii. feedback LMIC partners' responses to UKRI, so that LMIC partners' knowledges and practices may be taken into consideration to complement current requirements and procedures.
Should the CUSP proposal be successful, the meeting of all project partners will ensure: that all the necessary structures and procedures are put in place at the earliest possible time; peer training on decolonising research; relationship and trust among partners who have not yet worked together are achieved; short, medium- and long-term planning.
Should the full CUSP proposal not be successful, the meeting will draw together non-academic LMIC project partners, allowing them to build new synergies. It will offer peer-training to foster a clear and practical understanding of the requirements of UKRI funding; awareness of channels to actively pursue funding calls; and strengthen organisations' structures so they can become reliable partners for future funding. The meeting will also lay the ground for the development of new funding applications according to needs and priorities collectively identified. Participation of women from LMIC organisations will be actively encouraged. Finally, partners will feed back the discussion to UK funders, highlighting practical and cultural challenges funding requirements and processes pose and identifying ways to make calls more inclusive
CUSP draws together well-established partnerships between academic and non-academic institutions and organisations in LMIC countries that experience situations of protracted crisis and/or fragile environments. It focusses on the needs, experiences and capabilities of young people, and develops avenues for leadership by women. CUSP addresses the call "Preventing Conflict, Building Sustainable and Inclusive Peace" to identify strategies for conflict transformation through arts and cultural work. Led by the University of Glasgow in collaboration with Keele University, CUSP works with partners in Ghana, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine, Zimbabwe to identify and share successful grassroots conflict transformation practices and to encourage arts and cultural work as ways to promote conflict transformation, economic growth, and (digital) tourism.
The DA will allow partners to:
A. Strengthen and capacitate the research base on conflict transformation and cultures of peace through mutual design of full Network Plus application
B. Capacitate all partners to carry out decolonising research
C. Develop partners' capabilities to progress the Network Plus proposal and/or the knowledge and know-how to actively pursue funding calls
To achieve these aims, the DA will pursue the following objectives:
1. Collaborate online across borders towards the development of a full proposal for the Network Plus call, also addressing reviewers' feedback. Prepare for interview.
2. Meet in person in the spring of 2020 so that
a. Should the CUSP proposal be successful, all partners can meet to:
i. strengthen existing relationships and build new ones
ii. carry out peer training in decolonial research theories and practices
iii. set in place governance and management structures
iv. plan forward for Network Plus next stages
b. Should the CUSP proposal not be successful, non-academic LMIC partners can meet to
i. receive peer training on the requirements of GCRF funding (e.g. in relation to accountability, ethical requirements, safeguarding, due diligence, data management)
ii. draft a common funding strategy
iii. feedback LMIC partners' responses to UKRI, so that LMIC partners' knowledges and practices may be taken into consideration to complement current requirements and procedures.
Should the CUSP proposal be successful, the meeting of all project partners will ensure: that all the necessary structures and procedures are put in place at the earliest possible time; peer training on decolonising research; relationship and trust among partners who have not yet worked together are achieved; short, medium- and long-term planning.
Should the full CUSP proposal not be successful, the meeting will draw together non-academic LMIC project partners, allowing them to build new synergies. It will offer peer-training to foster a clear and practical understanding of the requirements of UKRI funding; awareness of channels to actively pursue funding calls; and strengthen organisations' structures so they can become reliable partners for future funding. The meeting will also lay the ground for the development of new funding applications according to needs and priorities collectively identified. Participation of women from LMIC organisations will be actively encouraged. Finally, partners will feed back the discussion to UK funders, highlighting practical and cultural challenges funding requirements and processes pose and identifying ways to make calls more inclusive
Planned Impact
The CUSP Development Award will make a contribution to:
1. The welfare of people in CUSP's LMIC partner countries (i.e. Ghana, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine and Zimbabwe). This will be achieved through the strengthening of academic and non-academic institutions and organisations, in line with SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) by:
o Capacitating local researchers to carry out investigation on conflict transformation and cultures of peace through the mutual design and sharing of full CUSP Network Plus application;
o Developing peer-learning sessions on decolonising research methodologies during a face-to-face meeting
2. The economic development and the welfare of people in partner LMIC countries, in line with SDG 16, by:
o Empowering non-academic partners to actively pursue funding calls to meet the needs and priorities they have identified by sharing knowledge and know-how on UKRI funding requirements and processes
3. The welfare of women and girls in CUSP partner countries, in line with SDG 5 (gender equality and empower all women and girls) by:
o Actively encouraging the participation of women at all stages of the full CUSP Network Plus application
o Ensuring that LMIC women's needs and priorities are central to the full development of CUSP Network Plus full application
o Ensuring that the majority of participants at the face-to-face meeting are women
1. The welfare of people in CUSP's LMIC partner countries (i.e. Ghana, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine and Zimbabwe). This will be achieved through the strengthening of academic and non-academic institutions and organisations, in line with SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) by:
o Capacitating local researchers to carry out investigation on conflict transformation and cultures of peace through the mutual design and sharing of full CUSP Network Plus application;
o Developing peer-learning sessions on decolonising research methodologies during a face-to-face meeting
2. The economic development and the welfare of people in partner LMIC countries, in line with SDG 16, by:
o Empowering non-academic partners to actively pursue funding calls to meet the needs and priorities they have identified by sharing knowledge and know-how on UKRI funding requirements and processes
3. The welfare of women and girls in CUSP partner countries, in line with SDG 5 (gender equality and empower all women and girls) by:
o Actively encouraging the participation of women at all stages of the full CUSP Network Plus application
o Ensuring that LMIC women's needs and priorities are central to the full development of CUSP Network Plus full application
o Ensuring that the majority of participants at the face-to-face meeting are women
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- IBBY Mexico (Collaboration)
- NAWA for Culture and Arts Association (Collaboration)
- Racines (Collaboration)
- Islamic University of Gaza (Collaboration)
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (Collaboration)
- IGNITE Youth Theatre (Collaboration)
- Noyam African Dance Institute (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GHANA (Collaboration)
- Chipawo (Collaboration)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Collaboration)
- LitFest Harare (Collaboration)
Publications
Fassetta, G. And Imperiale, M.G.
(2021)
Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace. Safeguarding Training Materials
| Title | CHIPAWO - Secrets Series |
| Description | SECRETS is a production based on a true which is the basis of a book by Luta Shabba. CHIPAWO got permission from the author to use her story. The story speaks volumes to current situations as regards gender-based violence (GBV) on girls and women, particularly the aspects of cultural dynamics. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | There were discussion sessions, guided by a moderator, as part of knowledge and ideas sharing processes related to the production. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJjdBWm6zjc |
| Title | CUSP Network Plus - Safeguarding by Ignite theatre |
| Description | This short film was made by Ignite theatre as part fo the CUSP DA award. In the film, young people of Ignite theatre think about safeguarding rules in their own context and through the lens of their own experiences. This film has been created as a stimulus to discussion about safeguarding in different countries and contexts. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | We are waiting to use this film for training in safeguarding of new partners of the CUSP Network Plus |
| URL | https://gla-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/giovanna_fassetta_glasgow_ac_uk/EXjIsaIPbChOrtoSHXXTWA4... |
| Title | CUSP Network Plus project website |
| Description | The CUSP Network Plus website was designed and developed as part of the CUSP DA award |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Having a shared online identity means that the CUSP Network Plus team has a common space that: gives information on the Network's work; gives the Network a collective identity; is a reference point for all partners and a way to validate their engagement in the Network for local and international stakeholders; collects and shares all the Network's outputs; acts as an information point for new partners who enter the network at the stage 2 of the project (funding allocation) |
| URL | https://www.cuspnetwork.org/network-plus/ |
| Title | Gaza Writes Back - Short Stories |
| Description | 120 short stories written by workshop participants looking at peace, conflict and the writers lived experiences in the Gaza Strip. |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Allowed participants to express themselves and describe their experiences in story form. |
| Title | Ignite Winter Retreat - Film |
| Description | This short film was created as a reflective piece on the 3 day retreat organised as part of the CUSP DA award. The film was created through a collaboration between the young people of Ignite theatre, Ignite theatre staff and a local photographer and film maker (Robin Mitchell). The soundtrack to the film was created by the young people during the 3 day retreat. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The young people were able to revisit their experiences of being at Loch Tay and working on conflict transformation, also from the perspective of the conflicts which, by then, Covid-19 had created in their lives |
| URL | https://www.kizoa.com/Movie-Maker/d332860297k4086914o1/ignite-at-loch-tay |
| Title | LitFest Harare |
| Description | LitFest is an international literature festival where readers, writers and academics meet to critique literature. As well as this, they work with young people in Zimbabwe who use story-telling and poetry to identify conflict transformation strategies. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Successful LitFest Harare festival held on Zoom and Facebook, due to COVID-19 the festival could not safely be held in person. The festival was broadcast to an international over 4-days with videos from actors including Alan Cummings and Elaine C. Smith. |
| Title | Violence in Dodowa |
| Description | Initial dance performance on conflict and election violence in Dodowa |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The performance allowed young people to express themselves and examine conflict and election violence in Dodowa. |
| Description | This award allowed the international team of collaborators to put together a large funding application for the (AHRC, GCRF) Network Plus funding scheme which was successful in securing funding for a 3 and a-half year project to explore opportunities for conflict transformation through cultural and artistic work in six different countries (five ODA countries and the UK). The award also allowed to organise a meeting in Ghana for all non-academic partners engaged in the Network Plus proposal to develop their capacity in relation to becoming reliable and knowledgeable potential partners for UKRI funding opportunities that may also arise in the future. This allows ODA non-academic partners to have an input at the very start of funding applications, to shape them so that they effectively respond to their needs and interests; so that they draw on indigenous knowledges and practices; and to ensure that, as a consequence, they have sustainable and scalable outcomes, thus meeting SDG 16 (Peace, justice and strong institutions). Finally, the award allowed partners to focus on issues of gender and to ensure equal participation of women to the design and development of all the Network Plus activities, in line with SDG 5 (Gender equality and women's empowerment). |
| Exploitation Route | The outcomes of this funding will be taken forward by all partner included in the DA application. Together the partners will shape the Network Plus CUSP to ensure that it effectively addresses the needs of ODA countries in developing conflict resolution strategies through arts and culture. The CUSP DA funding will be taken forward by academic and non-academic partners in five ODA countries and in the UK. All partners will have the opportunity to design local research activities that investigate the potential of cultural and artistic organisation for the development of conflict transformation strategies in cases of gender-based violence and discrimination. Moreover, all academic and non-academic partners involved in the DA will have opportunities to create new links and connections with each other and with other partners at a later stage of the Network Plus award, expanding their capacity for future work in the areas of conflict transformation and gender. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Education,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | https://www.cuspnetwork.org/network-plus/ |
| Description | The award is impacting non-academic partners in the DA project (small organisations and NGO in ODA countries plus a UK small theatre company) as they are gaining an understanding of UK funding rules and requirements and of the demands of managing of an international collaborative project. As a consequence, partners will be able to: (i) take the initiative to approach UK institutions and shape funding proposals that are aligned to the needs and interests they have identified; and (ii) to present themselves as experienced, knowledgeable and reliable partners for other UK led projects that are exploring areas of interest and needs that they have identified. The award is also impacting academic and non-academic partners in the DA project in relation to their understanding of ethics and safeguarding requirements in international research. Training on ethics in research and the collaborative drafting of a contextually-relevant safeguarding document have raised awareness of the potential for harm that may come of research, of ways to prevent or minimise risk, and of ways to achieve best practice that ensure the safety and wellbeing of all involved and at all times in ways that are attuned to local practices and sensitivities. This ensures long term and sustainable changes in attitudes and approaches that have a positive impact on individuals, groups and communities. The findings of the CUSP DA/Inception are informing the work currently carried out by the CUSP Network Plus, as planned. Please, see CUSP N+ Researchfish entries for details on how the CUSP DA/Inception findings are informing the ongoing work of the Network Plus and have laid the ground for its current outputs and outcomes. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
| Description | Artlab Working group: The imperative of cultural justice: arts for inclusion, equity and human rights" |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000375117 |
| Description | Heritage for Global Challenges. A Research Report by PRAXIS: Arts and Humanities for Global Development. |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/2021/02/Heritage-for-Global-Challe... |
| Description | Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) |
| Amount | £2,037,196 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/T007931/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | CUSP - CHIPAWO |
| Organisation | CHIPAWO |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Grant collaborator, held safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual and artistic. Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. |
| Impact | "Secret" video series. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - IBBY Mexico |
| Organisation | IBBY Mexico |
| Country | Mexico |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Grant collaborator, held safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research design of grant. Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. Made intellectual input by assisting with original research. |
| Impact | TBC |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - Ignite Theatre |
| Organisation | IGNITE Youth Theatre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Research collaborator, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. Artistic and intellectual development. |
| Impact | Safeguarding video. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - Islamic University of Gaza |
| Organisation | Islamic University of Gaza |
| Country | Palestine, State of |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Grant collaborator, safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. Made intellectual input by conducting original research. Contributed to an upcoming literature review. |
| Impact | TBC |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - LitFest Harare |
| Organisation | LitFest Harare |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Grant collaborator, held safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual and artistic development Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. |
| Impact | LitFest Harate Poetry Slam 2020. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - NAWA for Culture and Arts Association |
| Organisation | Nawa for Culture and Arts Association |
| Country | Palestine, State of |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Grant collaborator, held safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual and artistic development. Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. |
| Impact | TBC |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - NOYAM African Dance Institute |
| Organisation | Noyam African Dance Institute |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Research collaborator, safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Artistic and intellectual development. Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. |
| Impact | TBC |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - Racines |
| Organisation | Racines |
| Country | Morocco |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Grant collaborator, held safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. Intellectual and artistic development. |
| Impact | TBC |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Organisation | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Country | Mexico |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Grant collaborator, safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. Made intellectual input by conducting original research. Contributed to an upcoming literature review. |
| Impact | TBC |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP - University of Ghana |
| Organisation | University of Ghana |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Grant collaborator, held safeguarding training, access to resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise contributed to designing strand 2 of research. Made intellectual input by conducting original research. Contributed to an upcoming literature review. |
| Impact | TBC |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | UNESCO Gender Based Violence |
| Organisation | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Authoring Guidelines on Gender Based Violence and Culture |
| Collaborator Contribution | Invitation to author; editorial and guidance |
| Impact | Awaiting publication of report on GBV and Intercultural Dialogue |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UNESCO ICD |
| Organisation | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UNESCO Report on Culture for Institute of Economics and Peace |
| Collaborator Contribution | Authored. |
| Impact | Multidisciplinary. Arts and Intercultural Studies. Peace Studies |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UNESCO Multilingual Education |
| Organisation | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Authoring Guidelines for next 2 decades for Multilingual Education in 160 Member States |
| Collaborator Contribution | Authoring Guidelines |
| Impact | To be published end 2023 - meetings and networking of expert group in process |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | "Palestinian Theatre and Arts: Women and Inclusive Peace" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ran by our partner, the Islamic University of Gaza, this 7 day theatre and arts festival was aimed at female students and allowed them to express the sturggles that they face as a result of their gender i.e. additional unpaid care work and those which affect a wider demographic within the Gazan context e.g. power issues all of which are highlighted in CUSP's research. The festival was attedended by over 500 people and the hashtag CUSPTheatre Festival trended on Twitter in Palestine. A five-day two-fold arts festival produced by Palestinian university studentsin celebration of International Women's Day. 168 talented students, from the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) and other different universities and institutions in the Gaza Strip, have taken part in the first-ever drama theatre organized by the English Department at the IUG through an international project led by the University of Glasgow, UK, "Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace Networking Plus (CUSP N+) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tirwvjsEbq_IfzDJs4ewyWYHThF3ZpMv |
| Description | ARTLAB - Working Group - Imperative of cultural justice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Working group brought together to generate report for UNESCO - Imperative of cultural justice: Arts for inclusion, equity and human rights |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Art-Lab 4 - The imperative of cultural justice: Arts for inclusion, equity and human rights |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 10 December 2020, Human Rights Day UNESCO Art-Lab hosted a special event "The imperative of cultural justice: arts for inclusion, equity and human rights." The Art-Lab Platform was initiated during a Design Thinking workshop co-organized by UNESCO and OHCHR in Geneva, in February 2020, bringing together practitioners, cultural operators, artists, experts in human rights, cultural rights and intercultural dialogue, and humanitarian workers. The workshop resulted in a workplan to mainstream the arts in humanitarian and development programmes, based on three major pillars: Raising awareness within UN agencies and other stakeholders on the transformative power of art and culture in humanitarian work; Consolidating the Art-Lab Platform in facilitating exchanges between cultural and humanitarian workers, artists and researchers; Strengthening research and capacity-building, and pilot-testing tools in the field. At the event on 10 December, members of the Art-Lab platform presented findings and recommendations of the four working groups. A key issue running through the entire programme is the exploration of the idea that cultural rights might be brought to embrace cultural justice. What new spaces can be accessed through such a move and with what gains for human rights and dignity? This event featured RILA Artists in Residence Dr Gameli Tordzro and Tawona Sitholé, and UNESCO Chair Prof Alison Phipps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000375117 |
| Description | Brazil keynote - Decolonising Languages in Rural Settings: Towards Equatorial Epistemologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alison Phipps gave a keynote talk on "Decolonising Languages in Rural Settings: Towards Equatorial Epistemologies", this event was organised by Abralin. A recorded version of the talk is available on their YouTube channel which currently has 30.7K subscribers. Nazmi Al Mansri (CUSP Co-I at the Islamic University of Gaza) also presented. The talk provided a genealogical view of the urban and rural political economy. Artists were also invited to get their reflections on speech and its urban, educational, and rural, educational inflections. The talk aimed to explore the rural dimension of language. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWr5h7nYiAc |
| Description | CUSP Network plus: origins and work to date |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The webinar, organised by the University of Glasgow School of Education, aimed to showcase projects within the SoEd. The webinar was attended by nearly 100 people, from a range of countries and with a variety of backgrounds. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://cradall.org/content/school-education-2021-webinar-series-%E2%80%93-celebrating-social-justice... |
| Description | CUSP Partners in Glasgow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | After gaining Erasmus Mundus funding, Dr Nazmi Al Masri and Mahmoud Jalambo, CUSP's Palestinian partners, were able to travel to Glasgow for two weeks of the activities including visiting the Scottish Parliament and meeting with local MSP Kaukab Stewart at both the University of Glasgow and Holyrood. On the 7th November 2022, Nazmi gave a lecture titled Disability, resilience & inclusion: the case of Palestine at the University of Glasgow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability-resilience-inclusion-the-case-of-palestine-registration-44... |
| Description | CUSP Research Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We are mid-way through running a series of online seminars led by CUSP partners focussing on the work of CUSP in their own contexts and as a way of highlighting what work has been done and that this currently being undertaken. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.cuspnetwork.org/ |
| Description | CUSP team induction (online) 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Online workshop organised as part of the Development Award to induct CUSP project partners on: aims, objectives, stages and timeline of CUSP Network Plus; conflict transformation; gender issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CUSP team induction (online) 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Online workshop organised as part of the Development Award to induct CUSP project partners on ethics in research and safeguarding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Climate Justice Event - Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Alison Phipps (PI) and Chipo Basopo (CUSP non-academic lead) were invited to attend this event as panellists by the SGSAH. The discussion focussed on climate justice in Sub-Saharan Africa, Alison and Chipo presented their experiences to the other attendees. The event generated discussion amongst attendees and further understanding of the lived experiences of those on the ground. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Discussion materials for CUSP partners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Online materials were made available to partners as part of the induction process so that each international team could look at the materials and discuss them prior to the whole international induction team meetings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Engaging with Collectivas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | A group of representatives from multiple collectivas (informal community groups operating in Mexico) that primarily work with those suffering GBV. They met to discuss future work together and to discuss the work that has already been done. The event allowed collectivas who had not met before to network and look at future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Gender challenges in the Gaza Strip |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is a podcast of a discussion with colleagues who are both involved in CUSP and the OPAC. The podcast discusses the challenges faced by women and girls in the Gaza Strip and what is being done to improve the situation many face. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cuspinfo.podbean.com/ |
| Description | Glasgow Motherlanguage Day Keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | At the opening ceremony of the BHASHA Glasgow Language Festival on Sunday 21 Feb 21, Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and Arts took the opportunity to call for a Languages Strategy for Scotland "Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.greatergovanhill.com/latest/unesco-chair-calls-for-languages-strategy-for-scotland |
| Description | Ignite and UofG residential |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | As part of the CUSP DA award, a 3 day residential retreat was organised at Loch Tay (Scotland) for staff and young people of Ignite theatre (Glasgow). During the retreat the young people explored issues of conflict, gender and conflict transformation through artistic practices (theatre devising; writing workshops; music sessions; print-making; etc). The had the support of the CUSP DA PI and of UNESCO-RILA artists in residence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Internal Workshop - Mexico |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Internal workshop with the aim of exploring our gender-based conceptions and explore a methodology to work around objects that elicit gender-based stories |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Lecture series - IBBY Mexico |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organization of two lectures one focussing on "Digital tools to create collective narratives" and the second "Deconstruction of gender on children's literature". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | LitFest 2020 Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | How is literature for children navigating the issues of GBV? Alison Phipps, Dave Findlay, Tendai Immanuel and Lennon Mhishi. Discussion at LitFest Harare LitFest, international literature festival 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://fb.watch/3Tgvto9BeP/ |
| Description | LitFest Harare Festival 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "We are Joy" was the theme of this years international LitFest Harare literature festival held in Harare from teh 23rd - 26th Novmeber 2022. Presenters from the Zimbabwe, Ghana, UK and US all took part with a keynote address from Prof. Alison Phipps focussing on gendered roles and gender inequality and what that can mean in different contexts. More than 50 people attended each day. The festival attracted local media attention with articles in local newspapers in Harare. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | LitFest Literature Festival 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | LItFest Poetry Slam 2020 is a literary festival that focused on a variety of literature from how children's books can tackle gender-based violence to live poetry performances to if Content Creators Have a Role to Play in Conflict Resolution? The festival was moved to zoom (due to COVID) which allowed a more international audience to attend. The festival prompted fruitful discussions around a host of topics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Media engagement 2020-2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | At least one media engagement per week as PI on several projects. Details of all media engagements are housed on the UNESOC RILA website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/unesco/media/newsandviews/ |
| Description | Open Online Course "Safeguarding in Collaborative Research and International Development: Contexts, Challenges, and Opportunities" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This is a Massive Open Online Course on the lessons learnt while preparing the Safeguarding document and materials for CUSP. The course is available free of charge in the FutureLearn platform |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/safeguarding-in-collaborative-international-research-contexts-ch... |
| Description | PGR Seminar Series: Decolonising Migration (Keynote) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Why Integration is a Delicate Art that needs everyone's Languages This seminar discussed the fraught and contested concept of integration, the ways it is used in differing policy contexts worldwide, the hopes it embodies and the utopianism of its demands, together with the models and bridges which are the focus of academic and policy discussions. She will focus on the social scientific basis to the policy context and the demands for measurable results for policy endeavours before turning to an incarnational, anthropological and humanities approach to questions of human integral development and the way arts may soften, and lighten the work of integrating for all. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKTihmW_CHY&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | Palestinian Heritage Day Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This event ran by our partners NAWA for Arts and Culture in celebration of Palestinian Heritage Day examined and raised awareness of how customs and traditions have formed part of a cultural identity. At this event, both Alison Phipps and Nazmi Al Mansari spoke and touched on CUSP's work. The British Council Palestine Director also attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Peace-making in a world of conflict |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | This workshop run by the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution and inlcuded Alison Phipps (CUSP PI), Prof. Nazmi Al Mansri (CUSP Co-I, at Islamic University of Gaza), Mr Chirikure Chirikure (CUSP Co-I, at Litfest Harare) and Ms Chipo Basopo (CUSP non-academic lead, CHIPAWO) discussed their lived experience, so we can better learn from those with long experience of living with conflict, not least from the Gaza strip and Zimbabwe. In particular the role of the arts and the role of languages in breaking the strangle holds of conflict, as well as re-casting difficult subjects which colonise mainstream understandings in particularly unhelpful ways will be a theme in the conversation. Panelists will use story telling to unpack complexity and focus on human dignity, showing how a story is both an anecdote and an antidote. The vaccination potential of the arts and well chosen words against viral fears will be a central themes of the conversation. The issues of conflict and poverty and oppression which lead people to seek asylum will them allow us to weave together stories in specific conflicts with the epic stories of exile, it's experience and it's transformation and it's potency in human history. Cyrenians are keen to work together with CUSP on similar events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peace-making-in-a-world-of-conflict-tickets-118293999537# |
| Description | Spotlight Eritrea: 75th anniversary?of UNESCO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The UNESCO RILA team marked UNESCO's 75th with our event "Spotlight Eritrea". Eritreans make up a significant worldwide diaspora of people who have sought sanctuary and the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of this small country in the Horn of Africa is immense. We celebrated the culture of our friends and colleagues in Eritrean communities worldwide with a cultural and critical presentation which recognised Asmara World Heritage Site, which received designation in 2017, and other ancient sites in Eritrea. Research shows UNESCO World Heritage Sites contribute many of the Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG3 Good Health and Wellbeing student SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG17 Partnerships for the Goals The event combined conversation with a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony performed by Prof Alison Phipps, the ceremony by which peace is made or restored to families, communities and ethnic groups. Participants experienced the sounds and sights, but sadly not the smells(!) of this important cultural practice. After the event registered participants received a care package from the team so they could conduct their own coffee ceremony! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/unesco/news/headline_763995_en.html |
| Description | Training for youth performers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A series of weekly training sessions for youth performers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UN Secretaries-General Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Alison Phipps attended Online meeting on the UK National Commission Report "National Value of UNESCO to the United Kingdom". The report featuring a Case study for UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, which develops themes of the ARHC funded RMBorders and Idioms work. This was a key case study presented at the event to the assembles UN Secretaries-General. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UNESCO Mother Language Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussion at UNESCO for International Mother Language Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/international-mother-language-day-2023-multilingual-education-nec... |
| Description | UNESCO RILA Sofa Cafes 2020/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A series of discussions around topics that touch on integration through languages and the arts. These informal discussions held on Zoom, with audience members being encouraged to join in and ask their own questions to the panelists. Thursday 29 October 2020 11.00am - 12.30pm Sofa Café #1: Indigenous peoples and languages Professor Alison Phipps with Piki Diamond (Auckland University of Technology), Fiona Dunn (University of Glasgow), Beverley Costa (Pasalo Project) and Tawona Sitholé (University of Glasgow). Tuesday 17 November 2020 Sofa Café #2:Women in peace-making, crafts and cooking Professor Alison Phipps with Deborah May (Küche), Naa Densua Tordzro (University of Glasgow), Giovanna Fassetta (University of Glasgow) and Nazmi Al-Masri (Islamic University of Gaza). Wednesday 16 December 2020 Sofa Café #3: Access to education for students from refugee background Professor Alison Phipps with Melanie Baak (University of South Australia), Rachel Burke (University of Newcastle, Australia), Sara Kindon (Victoria University Wellington), Sally Baker (University of New South Wales), Veronica Crosbie (University of Sanctuary Ireland), Gün Orgun (City of Sanctuary) 24 Feb 2021 Sofa Café #5 - Health and Hospitality conversation with Selina Hales (Refuweegee), Mohamed Omar (Mental Health Foundation) and Vivienne Anderson (University of Otago) to discuss the link between health and hospitality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/unesco-chair-in-refugee-integration-through-languages-and-the-arts-16... |
| Description | Virtual dialogue - gender based violence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Held a virtual dialogue with women working in several of the identified organizations and also with reading mediators working in contexts of gender-based violence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Virtual workshop - Ghana |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organized virtual workshops with selected key stakeholders and students on migration and conflict issues and the objectives of CUSP project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Visit to research site - Ghana |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Exploratory visits to research sites, meeting with stakeholders in selected communities, holding focus group discussion, and key informant interviews in three regions -Ashanti, Eastern and Northern Region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Workshop - IBBY Mexico - Children's Literature |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organization of two workshops on children's literature, community bonding and community expression and realization. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Workshop - Palestine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conducting a three-day workshops with a sample of concerned heads and employees in various official institutions working in the field of women's rights and advocacy in the Gaza strip. Data was gathered from participants and will be written into a paper which will address three questions: 1. What are the available gender-based conflicts that Palestinian women encounter in the Gaza Strip? 2. What are the reasons beyond the most common gender-based conflicts that Palestinian women encounter in the Gaza Strip? 3. How do the Palestinian women transform the gender-based conflicts in the Gaza Strip into success stories? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Youth wrokshops - Ghana |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Organized workshop with selected youth from the Dodowa community to select performers for the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |