The Project:
"Persephone has crossed the border" is a creative project focused on investigating how ancient myths, collective memory and art practice can give us an alternative lexicon to discuss border crossing, migration and the idea of ‘home’.
The project started within the framework of the Inverness College Research and Scholarship Scheme 2019-20 and received funding for further development from Creative Scotland in 2021.
Outputs:
Preliminary research outcomes have been presented at the IV International Conference on Memory Studies (Istanbul, November 2019) and the IV International Congress on Visual Studies, GKA (Paris, April 2020).
A peer-reviewed article has been published in the International Visual Culture Review in 2020.
The project is ongoing. The next step is the organisation of a series of co-design workshops with migrant and refugee women in Glasgow in 2022, to reflect and create together around the idea of belonging, identity and home.
