Tuesday 18 October 2016 – Lunchtime seminar with Dr David Swann (Design, SHU)

Title: Absence-Presence: Kos
Speaker: Dr David Swann, Subject Group Leader Product & Furniture Design, SHU

The Summer of 2015 witnessed the mass migration of people seeking refuge, safety and security in Europe.
Over 1 million people made the perilous sea crossing to the Greek islands of Lesvos, Chios, Leros, Samos and Kos.
At its peak, the small island of Kos was receiving 200-500 new arrivals each day. With no official reception facilities in
place, a newly formed volunteer group (Kos-Solidarity) provided much needed care, food and clothing.

Since October 2015, David Swann has been collaborating with Kos-Solidarity and planned trip to Kos in April 2016
coincided with the exact date that the EU/Turkey agreement came into force. This event proved to be a game-changer
and the catalyst for new research investigation. This seminar will present the backstory, the trip and the formative ideas
for a project that will seek to narrate the stories of Kos’s refugees and the work of Kos-Solidarity through spectral artefacts.

12.30PM – 1.30PM
TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER 2016
CANTOR 9020a

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All SHU staff and students are welcome to attend the C3RI Lunchtime Research Seminars. If you are from outside of the University and would like to attend a seminar, please email C3RI Administrator to arrange entry.