Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities
Edited by Brian Callan, Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson
Published
Jul 1, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447372790Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jul 1, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447372783Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jul 1, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447372806Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities
Drawing on the voices and experiences of refugees, activists and professional practitioners, this collection illustrates the complexities of migration with real world case studies, and the possibilities of innovative and compassionate interventions.
Highlighting the use of creative and narrative methods in the social, therapeutic and community sectors, all chapters provide clear practice implications. Rather than presenting migration as a problem to be avoided, this book offers original insights on how research and practice can be better informed by the voices of those seeking a better way.
Brian Callan is Lecturer in Psychosocial Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Pearson Nkhoma is Lecturer in Community Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Naomi Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at Goldsmiths, University of London.
1. Introduction - Critical Research, Crucial Voices and Creative Practice – by the editors
Part 1: Critical Research
2. Exploring conceptions of ‘home’ with Afghan migrant and refugee women – An Insider-Research Project – Rabia Nasimi
3. From Neoliberalism to Neoexclusionism: How Grassroots Faith Communities Are Resisting Division and Crossing Borders – Naomi Thompson, Graham Bright and Peter Hart
4. Agency & Frustration - Overcoming Obstacles at UNHCR – Brian Callan
5. Practical and Ethical Considerations in Community Engagement and Participatory Research with Vulnerable Groups – Rachel Hughes and Naomi Thompson
Part 2: Crucial voices
6. Abandonment: Out of Sight Out of Mind – Michael Darko
7. Evolving Paradigms - Witnessing Refugees’ Unstable Passages to Safety – Sarah Crawford-Browne
8. “O my body, make of me always a person who always questions the double binds you place me in!” - Eric Harper
9. Unaccompanied Child Migrants: Leaving and Being Prostituted - Pearson Nkhoma
Part 3: Creative practice
10. Social justice, professional values and international organisation: Exploring some motivations for practitioners who work with migrants and the opportunities for value-led practice that this work can present - Finbar Cullinan
11. Finding New Ground: Therapeutic Insights from a Creative Movement and Art Group with Asylum Seeking Women Living in Temporary Accommodation - Marina Rova, Claire Burrell and Marika Cohen
12. Mutual creativity in a hostile environment. How can arts-based well-being interventions operate with integrity amidst punitive policies? - Kate Phillips
13. Creative processes in socially-engaged art and local authority social work with refugee and asylum-seeking young people - Rachel Hughes and Marijke Steedman
14. Conclusion – by the editors
