New Challenges on the Urban Periphery
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bath
Department Name: Politics, Languages and Int Studies
Abstract
This project builds on the Banlieue Network (BN) project led by the PI and Co-I in 2012-2014. BN addressed segregation in Greater Paris, France, by building a network of scholars and practitioners and creating interdisciplinary knowledges and resources made accessible to civil society groups, through an innovative Summer School in 2013. However, over the last decade, inequalities in the French banlieue have worsened considerably due to a combination of local and international trends including rising mistrust for institutions in marginalised urban areas, growing stigmatisation and isolation, disproportionate exposure to the Covid-19 pandemic, the decline of active citizenship in young residents and State-promoted gentrification through, for example, global sporting events that displace working-class residents.
While these issues have recently become relevant to many marginal neighbourhoods in the Global North, they have been affecting vulnerable urban areas in the Global South for much longer. After completing the BN project in 2014, the PI and Co-I have worked with communities in Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City where they successfully tested Co-Creation, a methodology with a measurable impact developed during BN's 2013 Summer School in Saint-Denis. This arts-based knowledge production method seeks to promote active citizenship and creativity to share knowledges and build resilience in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Evaluative methods were used to assess the impact of Co-Creation for participating communities. Co-Creation methods and knowledge sharing between resilient communities in the Global North and South can help policy makers and grassroot organisations in the French banlieue consolidate their understanding of urban deprivation and develop new hands-on solutions to the arising new challenges. We therefore propose to return to Saint-Denis, one of France's most stigmatised cities which is currently attracting public attention as the future site of the 2024 Olympic Games to:
1) Disseminate Co-Creation to a focused audience of urban policy makers and practitioners accustomed to top-down approaches, familiarising them with alternative ways of co-designing practical solutions in collaboration with civil society partners;
2) Extend the impact of BN both in France and in the Global South by broadening the network to include new stakeholders, NGOs, artists and policy makers from these contexts and engaging them in sharing best practice;
3) Build bridges between stakeholders and youth activist groups in France, Mexico and Brazil to stimulate new ways of thinking about urban peripheries.
These objectives will be achieved through a set of creative events and outputs, including the following:
a) Two interactive training workshops in Co-Creation methods delivered to policy and practice audiences;
b) A 12-week artist-led multimedia workshop, training young adults in creative writing, filmmaking, photography, event organisation and communication;
c) A photography and short film contest resulting in a 2-day short-film festival and a photographic exhibition;
d) Five international discussion panels conducted face-to-face but involving speakers from the Global South participating via Zoom;
e) A series of documentaries created by workshop participants on the theme "A citizen in my neighbourhood" and shared with local and global audiences to stimulate debate and broaden understanding between participants.
The project will be facilitated by a Greater-Paris-based NGO, European Alternatives, and a Project Management Committee including artists, NGOs, institutions, grassroots organisations and venues in Saint-Denis. The project will build a lasting legacy by producing a series of Co-Creation training materials and 15-minute podcasts subtitled in three languages to be made accessible via BN's website and YouTube channel for global audiences. A policy brief will maximise impact and promote new approaches to the key new challenges.
While these issues have recently become relevant to many marginal neighbourhoods in the Global North, they have been affecting vulnerable urban areas in the Global South for much longer. After completing the BN project in 2014, the PI and Co-I have worked with communities in Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City where they successfully tested Co-Creation, a methodology with a measurable impact developed during BN's 2013 Summer School in Saint-Denis. This arts-based knowledge production method seeks to promote active citizenship and creativity to share knowledges and build resilience in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Evaluative methods were used to assess the impact of Co-Creation for participating communities. Co-Creation methods and knowledge sharing between resilient communities in the Global North and South can help policy makers and grassroot organisations in the French banlieue consolidate their understanding of urban deprivation and develop new hands-on solutions to the arising new challenges. We therefore propose to return to Saint-Denis, one of France's most stigmatised cities which is currently attracting public attention as the future site of the 2024 Olympic Games to:
1) Disseminate Co-Creation to a focused audience of urban policy makers and practitioners accustomed to top-down approaches, familiarising them with alternative ways of co-designing practical solutions in collaboration with civil society partners;
2) Extend the impact of BN both in France and in the Global South by broadening the network to include new stakeholders, NGOs, artists and policy makers from these contexts and engaging them in sharing best practice;
3) Build bridges between stakeholders and youth activist groups in France, Mexico and Brazil to stimulate new ways of thinking about urban peripheries.
These objectives will be achieved through a set of creative events and outputs, including the following:
a) Two interactive training workshops in Co-Creation methods delivered to policy and practice audiences;
b) A 12-week artist-led multimedia workshop, training young adults in creative writing, filmmaking, photography, event organisation and communication;
c) A photography and short film contest resulting in a 2-day short-film festival and a photographic exhibition;
d) Five international discussion panels conducted face-to-face but involving speakers from the Global South participating via Zoom;
e) A series of documentaries created by workshop participants on the theme "A citizen in my neighbourhood" and shared with local and global audiences to stimulate debate and broaden understanding between participants.
The project will be facilitated by a Greater-Paris-based NGO, European Alternatives, and a Project Management Committee including artists, NGOs, institutions, grassroots organisations and venues in Saint-Denis. The project will build a lasting legacy by producing a series of Co-Creation training materials and 15-minute podcasts subtitled in three languages to be made accessible via BN's website and YouTube channel for global audiences. A policy brief will maximise impact and promote new approaches to the key new challenges.
| Title | Graffiti: Between the Favela and the Formal City [Graffiti: Entre o Morro e o Asfalto] |
| Description | The short film discusses co-creative intervention methods by bringing together artists from Morro dos Tabajaras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and exchange students from African countries to produce a graffiti mural with critical messages about police violence and other forms of oppression. Concept: Christina Horvath Directed by: Paulo Tonani Pedagogical coordination: Andrea Belfort and Patricia Almeida Production assistant: Bento do Patrocínio and João Pedro Planel Local production: Leandro Tick, Paulo and Jonas Funding: AHRC, University of Bath, Capes and CNPq. Realization: UFRJ, Faculty of Arts, Postgraduate Program in Literature Science, LER Project: Reading, Existence and Resistance, Copacabana Graffiti Walk and Teaching and Research Program in Portuguese for Foreigners. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | The film was co-created by academics and students from the University of Bath and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, as well as artists from one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, Morro de Tabajaras. Its creation impacted the participants by familiarising them with Co-Creation methods. The video has been shared on YouTube in open access, which will allow broader audiences to discover it. After substitling in Frech and English, the film will also be distributed to stakeholders and various audiences in France, the UK and elsewhere, to promote the Co-Creation method, and draw attention to urban marginalisation and police violence, in particular against young men of colour as an international phenomenon. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_sH6xzK8Z4 |
| Title | Podcast 'Dialogues Between Favela and University. Interview with Itamar Silva' |
| Description | This 1-hour film was co-created by Christina Horvath (University of Bath), Paulo Tonani (UFRJ), Itamar Silva (Grupo Eco Santa Marta), Leandro Rodrigues de Sousa (Graffiti artist in Tabajaras). The film is a discussion with organic intellectual and favela community leader Itamar Silva, Director of Grupo Eco. It familiarises the viewer with Eco's methods of community selforganisation and cultural communication which is an organic global south example of Co-Creation. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | The film still need to be subtitled in French and English to make an impact outside Brazil. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-bk2ln381A |
| Title | Writing and Spoken Word Workshops |
| Description | 10 sessions of writing and spoken word workshops were offered by two published authors, Insa Sané and Mabrouck Rachedi, who are both published authors of novels for youth and adult audiences. The workshops took place before the Literatures in the Margins festival in May-June 2023. 15 participants aged 18-35 participated in these prior to the Literatures in the Margins festival, and they produced a series of short stories of publishable quality. |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | 15 young people built writing skills and explored themes of urban and social marginality through creative self-expression under the supervision of two experienced authors who explore this in their creative work. This experience may represent a step towards publication for some of them, and helped them build networks with published authors. |
| Description | The project successfully built upon the Banlieue Network's (BN) prior research efforts, achieving its goal of extending the impact by disseminating the Co-Creation method to three distinct target audiences: policy makers and urban practitioners in French banlieues, artistically talented young residents in St Denis, and community activists and artists in the Global South (Brazil) with experience in Co-Creation activities. The research project effectively leveraged innovative arts-based approaches to disseminate the Co-Creation method, which had been initially developed by BN in St Denis in 2013 and subsequently refined and tested in Mexico and Brazil from 2016 to 2020. The primary focus was on addressing neighbourhood polarization by fostering dialogue between policy makers and community members and promoting alternative narratives that challenged stigmatization and isolation. The specific objectives of the project were realized through three key events: 1. Stakeholder workshops in March and October 2023 The project successfully provided training and networking opportunities to policy makers and practitioners in Saint-Denis and other banlieues in France on using Co-Creation methods. This contributed to promoting dialogue and challenging polarization in disadvantaged neighborhoods, fostering a more inclusive and collaborative approach to urban development. The project also fostered Global North-Global South links between city councils and civil society groups in Greater Paris and Rio de Janeiro. These workshops facilitated horizontal knowledge sharing between the Global North and South involving young residents, artists, and community activists in both settings. This promoted self-understanding and awareness of creativity's potential to positively impact lives in marginalized communities. 2. 10 sessions of creative workshops 3. The project's main events, a set of spoken word and creative writing workshops led by leading artists Mabrouck Rachedi and Insa Sane were conducted in May-June 2023. These produced oral poetry performances and a series of short stories. These events promoted self-understanding and awareness of creativity among young banlieue residents and other urban youth in Greater Paris. They effectively motivated young people to become active citizens in their neighbourhoods, empowering them to take an active role in shaping their community. The project achieved its aim of increasing young people's self-confidence and equipping them with the skills to develop and disseminate alternative narratives of their neighborhoods, countering negative stereotypes. 4. Literature Festival and conference 'Literatures in the Margins': In June-July 2023, a 4-day festival brought together artists, activists, young and confirmed researchers from across the world and broader audiences from French banlieues, and favelas in Brazil. This event effectively realized project objectives by contributing to the legitimation of cultural production from the urban margins, positive social change and community development by creating lasting, horizontal networks that shared knowledge and best practices and impact on the recognition of peripheral urban areas and populations and the creators of new, relevant understanding of cities and contributors to creative economies. In 2023-24, PI Christina Horvath and Co-I Juliet Carpenter drafted a research paper evaluating the Co-Creation of the Litteratures in the Margins Festival (FLEM). Completed in February 2025, and recently sub,itted to the journal Urban Studies, the paper reflects on the challenges encountered through the festival and formulates recommendations to support arts-based activist approaches and Co-Creation methods in disadvantaged urban contexts. It investigates the potential of co-created cultural interventions bringing together artists, activists and academics to confront urban marginalisation and stigmatisation in banlieues. It draws on the authors' experiences of co-organising an arts festival with diverse stakeholders in Saint-Denis, Greater Paris, during summer 2023, using participatory methods and arts-based activism. The principal aim of this paper is to draw lessons from the experience of organising and running the FLEM "festival-conference", which aimed to explore the role of French banlieues as hubs of literary production and cultural activism. Initiated by the authors, FLEM sought to promote often overlooked artists whose works tend to be undervalued by France's predominantly Parisian, white and middle-class cultural elite due to their connections with the banlieue. This paper examines the FLEM Festival (29 June - 2 July 2023, Saint-Denis) as an action-research case study to assess how effectively this co-created festival-conference addressed systemic barriers faced in the urban margins. After outlining the event's theoretical foundations, the article examines the co-creation process and explores the extent to which the festival's three interconnected aims were met. It reflects on the potential of co-creative cultural events to counter marginalisation and concludes with lessons for "researcher-cultural practitioner-artist-activist" collaborations in tackling urban inequalities. It evaluates the method's success in three interconnected areas in which the festival attempted to contribute to positive change: 1. First, the event sought to promote artists from French banlieues, furthering their legitimation and amplifying their voices. 2. Second, it aimed to champion decolonial and Global-South methods of knowledge production by integrating Co-Creation strategies with the model of the Brazilian FLUP festival, to advocate for horizontal relations and break down epistemic boundaries between academics, artists and the general public. 3. Finally, it proposed creating opportunities for developing skills and capacity in the banlieues by providing young people, artists and academics with hands-on training in creative writing, event organisation and co-curating, as well as Co-Creation. The paper concluded that, by offering participants the possibility of acting as co-organisers and proposing creative contributions or conversations with artists instead of academic papers, the festival successfully demonstrated that the boundaries between researchers, activists, and artists are often artificial and porous, since most individuals have multiple identities and various roles. The FLEM festival encouraged participants to integrate creative approaches into their engagement with the festival, whatever their background. This helped reveal the fluidity between art, activism and academic discourse, and brought academic knowledge production into direct contact with the work of artists and activists while also amplifying artists' and activists' voices about the banlieues. It also highlighted that Co-Creation should not be used to replace discipline-specific knowledge creation, but to complement this with different perspectives on the topic to develop shared understanding with various actors coming from different viewpoints. The evaluation also revealed some missed opportunities in engaging with some local institutions and authorities but important connections with local institutions were also made, since a year later, in the summer of 2024, the Paul Éluard Museum invited the FLEM organisers to coordinate a one-day event in their premises, linked with the Olympic Games being hosted at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, which took place in June 2024. Another proposal for collaboration came from the Festival of Urban Literatures, organised for the first time in April 2024 at the Gaîté Lyrique theatre in the centre of Paris. These requests illustrate interest in the FLEM and demonstrate that it could gain a place in the literary festival calendar, despite being small in scale. This suggests that in order to become sustainable, Co-Creative festivals should be developed progressively, consolidating partnerships and gaining prestige through on-going reiterations. |
| Exploitation Route | 1. Podcasts created will be disseminated via our YouTube channel and will imapct audiences by sharing Global South and Global North experiences and inspiting new, similar projects 2. The festival 'Literatures on the Margins' we created in collaborations with Greater Paris-based universities, cultural iorganisations, museums, NGOs and civil society groups will be taken forward, as our Paris-based partner European Alternatives is presently discussing a second edition during the 2024 Olypmic Games with the Paul Eluard Museum in Saint-Denis,one of our key venues and partners in 2023. 3. Young researchers who have been added to our network are planning to produce a collective co-edited publication. 4. The links we created specifically between France and Brazil are likely to continue, participants are currently planning further collaborations in other festivals on topics including urban and environmental sustainability, ecofeminism and creative cities. 5. Research collaboration on peripheral urban literature wit a book publication is currently being discussed byproject partnersfrom the universities UFRJ Rio and Bath. This collaboration is ongoing and is expected to result in the submission of an application for further funding. It is also expected to yield a non-academic publication bringing together in one volume short stories from the Brazilian urban margin with the outcomes of the creative writing workshops conducted in Saint-Denis in 2023 before the festival. 6. The organisers were invited to collaborate with the Festival and Award of Urban Literatures, organised for the first time in April 2024. 7. The collaboration between PI Christina Horvath and Co-I Juliet Carpenter continues. It resulted in a research paper which is undergoing peer-review in view of being published by Urvan Studies. Both academics also submitted a 1.5M application to the AHRC for further funding in December 2023. This was judged fundable but was not funded by the AHRC, which does not allow resubmission. Boty partners continue to work together on identifying other opportunities for funding. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy Education Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Culture Heritage Museums and Collections Other |
| URL | https://euroalter.com/events/litteratures-en-marges/ |
| Description | The research project has created impact exhibiting tangible outcomes across various dimensions. 1. Creative and Innovative Approaches: The project, in accordance with the funding scope, presented creative and innovative approaches and disseminated the Co-Creative methodology through training to stakeholders and young researchers and creative workshops aimed at young people from disadantaged urban areas led by artists, including Insa Sané, Mabrouck Rachedi and Rachid Santaki from France and Julio Ludemir and Geovani Martins from Brazil. These initiatives adopted an innovative approach to education, active citizenshop and participation in the creative economy, engaging new audiences and fostering a dynamic learning environment. 2. Impact on Targeted Groups: a) Residents of Saint-Denis: The project effectively targeted residents of Saint-Denis, a town burdened with stigma and situated in one of France's economically challenged departments. The initiative addressed polarization and mistrust between policy makers and the community. Through mediums such as discussion panels, short films, photographs, festivals, and exhibitions, creative expressions were shared, initiating debates on local and global challenges. This facilitated increased reflection, self-understanding, and mutual understanding within the community. b) French Policy Makers and Urban Practitioners: The network successfully extended its reach to approximately 50 French policy makers and urban practitioners. Two workshops and one festival-conference held in Saint-Denis facilitated interactive knowledge exchange activities, familiarising participants with Co-Creation methods. This exposure enabled them to share best practices with counterparts in Brazil. Over 50 participants trained in Co-Creation are anticipated to apply these methods in their communities, thereby extending the project's impact. c) Global South Stakeholders ( Brazil): The network established connections with stakeholders in the Global South, particularly in Brazil ( we did not succeed to create a strong engagement in Mexico and focused our efforts on Brazil instead). An international dialogue was initiated addressing global challenges affecting peripheral communities. Discussion was facilitated by recording and disseminating podcasts in which artists and activists and engaged local and international speakers including including Fatima Ouassak (ecofeminist activist, co-founder of Front de mères, the first parents' union in working-class neighbourhoods, and Verdragon), Leandro Rodrigues de Souza (a graffiti artist known as 'Tick' and activist and community journalist and activist Itamar Silva (founder of Grupo Eco, Santa Marta). These discussions were made accessible through webcasts, promoting open access through the project website. d) Young Adults: A special focus was directed towards young adults, with 20 participants aged 18-25 recruited in Saint-Denis, and other peripheral areas of Paris and Greater Paris. They underwent a 10-sessionmultimedia training course in Co-Creation and creative economies. The project aimed to strengthen collective identities, transferable skills and active citizenship. The impact was measured through pre- and post-engagement questionnaires, evaluating aspects such as respect and tolerance, community participation, self-confidence, and appreciation for art and creativity. 3. Skills Development and Engagement: The project provided opportunities for skills development among young adults. A team of 6 young activists acquired skills in event organisation, festival and exhibition curation, communication, and public speaking. The participants contributed to organising an international literature festival and curating a spoken-word and rap and music event in Saint-Denis. This not only improved their employability but also positioned them as ambassadors of change. 4. Public Engagement Events: Local residents in St Denis and the surrounding areas benefited from two public engagement events-the literary and arts (cinema, music and theatre) festival-conference and a music and spoken-word evening. These events provided alternative perspectives on citizenship in peripheral contexts, enriching the community's understanding and fostering dialogue. In conclusion, the project's outcomes and impact were substantial, achieving its objectives and leaving a lasting imprint on the targeted audiences and communities involved. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2023 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Education,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | New Challenges on the Urban Periphery |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | A change in attitudes was promoted and produced in the following areas; - More positive attitudes towards creators emerging from the urban margins both in professional networks and from the general public - Improved recognition for young, emerging creators through focused international scholarly attention and - Opportunities for publivc debates on issues and topîcs considered tabou in France, including those of race and gender inequalities, decolonial thought, ecofeminism, bottom-up initiatives to promote a new, decolonial thought on ecology - Moving away from top-down to Co-Creative organisation of cultural event - Promoting unrecognised knowledge systems emerging from the Global South. These changes are still relatively modest and further research is needed to evidence them and chart their progress. |
| Description | Literatures in the Margins Festival |
| Organisation | Alternatives Europeennes |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The University of Bath was responsible for organising a 2-day academic conference inside the festival with French partners the University Cergy Pontoise (CY Advance Studies), Sorbonne Paris Nord (Centre Pléiade) and Campus Condorect, the latter acted as the main venue of the conference on the 29th and 30th June. European Alternatives was the prinipal coordinator on the ground in France of a 4-day festival organised in Saint-Denis, Greater Paris. The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Paul Éluard was the main venue of the festival events. Further partners acting as venues included Mots et Regards and the Cinéma l'Écran. Financial contribution to the conference lunch was privided bu CYAS (1000 euros). In-kind contribution was provided by European Alternatives and involved the following: • Contributing to project management as part of the management committee • Promoting the network in France via press releases and media communication • Extending the network to French policy and practice audiences • Co-organising the discussion panels with policy makers |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mots et Regards' expertise was used for writing workshops. The partner universities' expertis ewas votal for organising a 2-day conference as part of the festival on contemporary literatures in position of marginality. European Alternative's expertise was used to: • Recruit volunteers who supported the organising team before and during the festival • Recruit participants for creative workshops • Organising a stakeholder workshop prior to the festival in their premises • Issuing payments of honoraria to the participating artists • Contributing to project management as part of the management committee • Promoting the network in France via press releases and media communication • Extending the network to French policy and practice audiences • Booking festival venues, identifying and liaising with local partners Campus Condorcet, the Paul Éluard Arts and History Museum, Mots et Regards, and the L"Écran Cinema contributed as the key venues in Aubervilliers and St-Denis. |
| Impact | - Stakeholder Workshop in March 2023 - Literatures in the Margins Festival 29June-2July 2023 including a 2-day conference, a film screening, 6 discussion panels, a theatre play, a series of concerts - A closing workshop and convcerts on 28 October 2023 - A conference paper presentation invloving Segolene Pruvot from European Alternatives in July 2024 in Paris |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Literatures in the Margins Festival |
| Organisation | Cergy-Pontoise University |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The University of Bath was responsible for organising a 2-day academic conference inside the festival with French partners the University Cergy Pontoise (CY Advance Studies), Sorbonne Paris Nord (Centre Pléiade) and Campus Condorect, the latter acted as the main venue of the conference on the 29th and 30th June. European Alternatives was the prinipal coordinator on the ground in France of a 4-day festival organised in Saint-Denis, Greater Paris. The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Paul Éluard was the main venue of the festival events. Further partners acting as venues included Mots et Regards and the Cinéma l'Écran. Financial contribution to the conference lunch was privided bu CYAS (1000 euros). In-kind contribution was provided by European Alternatives and involved the following: • Contributing to project management as part of the management committee • Promoting the network in France via press releases and media communication • Extending the network to French policy and practice audiences • Co-organising the discussion panels with policy makers |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mots et Regards' expertise was used for writing workshops. The partner universities' expertis ewas votal for organising a 2-day conference as part of the festival on contemporary literatures in position of marginality. European Alternative's expertise was used to: • Recruit volunteers who supported the organising team before and during the festival • Recruit participants for creative workshops • Organising a stakeholder workshop prior to the festival in their premises • Issuing payments of honoraria to the participating artists • Contributing to project management as part of the management committee • Promoting the network in France via press releases and media communication • Extending the network to French policy and practice audiences • Booking festival venues, identifying and liaising with local partners Campus Condorcet, the Paul Éluard Arts and History Museum, Mots et Regards, and the L"Écran Cinema contributed as the key venues in Aubervilliers and St-Denis. |
| Impact | - Stakeholder Workshop in March 2023 - Literatures in the Margins Festival 29June-2July 2023 including a 2-day conference, a film screening, 6 discussion panels, a theatre play, a series of concerts - A closing workshop and convcerts on 28 October 2023 - A conference paper presentation invloving Segolene Pruvot from European Alternatives in July 2024 in Paris |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Literatures in the Margins Festival |
| Organisation | University of Bath |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The University of Bath was responsible for organising a 2-day academic conference inside the festival with French partners the University Cergy Pontoise (CY Advance Studies), Sorbonne Paris Nord (Centre Pléiade) and Campus Condorect, the latter acted as the main venue of the conference on the 29th and 30th June. European Alternatives was the prinipal coordinator on the ground in France of a 4-day festival organised in Saint-Denis, Greater Paris. The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Paul Éluard was the main venue of the festival events. Further partners acting as venues included Mots et Regards and the Cinéma l'Écran. Financial contribution to the conference lunch was privided bu CYAS (1000 euros). In-kind contribution was provided by European Alternatives and involved the following: • Contributing to project management as part of the management committee • Promoting the network in France via press releases and media communication • Extending the network to French policy and practice audiences • Co-organising the discussion panels with policy makers |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mots et Regards' expertise was used for writing workshops. The partner universities' expertis ewas votal for organising a 2-day conference as part of the festival on contemporary literatures in position of marginality. European Alternative's expertise was used to: • Recruit volunteers who supported the organising team before and during the festival • Recruit participants for creative workshops • Organising a stakeholder workshop prior to the festival in their premises • Issuing payments of honoraria to the participating artists • Contributing to project management as part of the management committee • Promoting the network in France via press releases and media communication • Extending the network to French policy and practice audiences • Booking festival venues, identifying and liaising with local partners Campus Condorcet, the Paul Éluard Arts and History Museum, Mots et Regards, and the L"Écran Cinema contributed as the key venues in Aubervilliers and St-Denis. |
| Impact | - Stakeholder Workshop in March 2023 - Literatures in the Margins Festival 29June-2July 2023 including a 2-day conference, a film screening, 6 discussion panels, a theatre play, a series of concerts - A closing workshop and convcerts on 28 October 2023 - A conference paper presentation invloving Segolene Pruvot from European Alternatives in July 2024 in Paris |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Literatures in the Margins Festival |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The University of Bath was responsible for organising a 2-day academic conference inside the festival with French partners the University Cergy Pontoise (CY Advance Studies), Sorbonne Paris Nord (Centre Pléiade) and Campus Condorect, the latter acted as the main venue of the conference on the 29th and 30th June. European Alternatives was the prinipal coordinator on the ground in France of a 4-day festival organised in Saint-Denis, Greater Paris. The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Paul Éluard was the main venue of the festival events. Further partners acting as venues included Mots et Regards and the Cinéma l'Écran. Financial contribution to the conference lunch was privided bu CYAS (1000 euros). In-kind contribution was provided by European Alternatives and involved the following: • Contributing to project management as part of the management committee • Promoting the network in France via press releases and media communication • Extending the network to French policy and practice audiences • Co-organising the discussion panels with policy makers |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mots et Regards' expertise was used for writing workshops. The partner universities' expertis ewas votal for organising a 2-day conference as part of the festival on contemporary literatures in position of marginality. European Alternative's expertise was used to: • Recruit volunteers who supported the organising team before and during the festival • Recruit participants for creative workshops • Organising a stakeholder workshop prior to the festival in their premises • Issuing payments of honoraria to the participating artists • Contributing to project management as part of the management committee • Promoting the network in France via press releases and media communication • Extending the network to French policy and practice audiences • Booking festival venues, identifying and liaising with local partners Campus Condorcet, the Paul Éluard Arts and History Museum, Mots et Regards, and the L"Écran Cinema contributed as the key venues in Aubervilliers and St-Denis. |
| Impact | - Stakeholder Workshop in March 2023 - Literatures in the Margins Festival 29June-2July 2023 including a 2-day conference, a film screening, 6 discussion panels, a theatre play, a series of concerts - A closing workshop and convcerts on 28 October 2023 - A conference paper presentation invloving Segolene Pruvot from European Alternatives in July 2024 in Paris |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | A blog post on GCHU website to publicise the project and the launch event in March 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog was posted on the GCHU website (Juliet Carpenter's Research Centre at Oxford University), with the aim of publicising the launch of the project, and the initial engagement event with stakeholders in Paris in March 2023. The blog was also announced on Twitter, which has been viewed by 200 people. https://twitter.com/GCHUOxford/status/1631263535870226434 This helped to raise awareness about the project, generated interest, and publicised the stakeholder event among the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.gchu.org.uk/2023/03/new-challenges-on-the-urban-periphery/ |
| Description | Festival Literatures in the Margins |
| 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 Festival Literatures in the Margins was a 4-day festival which took place on 29June-2 July in aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, two towns in Paris's North-Eastern suburbs. The festival included a 2-day academic conference open to the general public, where international experts discussed the situation of marginal literatures in French and an important bridge was created between French and Brazilian marginal literatures representing urban marginality. This was reinforced by the presence of two Brazilian writers in the conference, and a keynote speaker from UFRJ, Rio de Janeio, as well as a Brazilian festival organiser and several other talks and music events focusing on Brazil. The event included 7 scholarly sessions, three talks by writers and four discussion panels with writers, a film projection followed by discussion with the filmmaker, music and spoken word performances, and a theatre performance created for the festival titled "Le Marteau des Sorcières". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://euroalter.com/events/literature-in-margins/#:~:text=The%20Litt%C3%A9ratures%20en%20marges%20... |
| Description | New Challenges on The Periphery Closing Event |
| 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 | Organised on 28th October at the Mains d'Oeuvres, a creative space in Saint-Ouen, Greater Paris, this event brought together some of the partners and stakeholders and the general public for a final discussion and debate and a creative showcase of some of the participating artists and young emerging talents who participated in the workshops. The program included a final stakeholder meeting 6-7.30, followed by a public debate on police violence and urban marginality 7.30-9pm, and it culminated in concerts by the artists Insa Sané and Maddly from 9pm. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://euroalter.com/events/literature-in-margins/#:~:text=The%20Litt%C3%A9ratures%20en%20marges%20... |
| Description | Stakeholder workshop held in Paris in March 2023, to launch the "New Challenges" project |
| 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 | The project was launched at a Stakeholder Engagement event, held in Paris on March 23rd 2023, from 2pm - 7pm. It was organised in collaboration between the two academic partners (Christina Horvath at Bath University and Juliet Carpenter at Oxford University), together with the local NGO partner in Paris, European Alternatives. The event brought together a mix of academic researchers whose work focused on the banlieue, together with politicians from banlieue municipalities and local authority practitioners, as well as local creative practitioner NGOs, all interested in the project's aims of experimenting with co-creation to address urban disadvantage, through creative practice. The outcomes included generating increased interest in the project and building a network of partners for the Summer Festival (held in July 2023). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/GCHUOxford/status/1631263535870226434 |