Artivism for Social Transformation: Part I

The Living in Sheffield Podcast: building bridges between female migrants and scholars is a project made in partnership between the University of Sheffield and Living in Sheffield. These 4 episodes are presented by Dr. Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli (lecturer in the International Relations department and co-director of the Migration Research Group) and Livia Barreira (journalist, writer, producer and founder of Living in Sheffield, an online platform that independently supports diversity in Sheffield). The episodes have been commissioned by The Public Engagement Development Fund from the University of Sheffield. It is focused on diversity and showcasing real stories of migrant women from the community, aligned with the work that has been developed by researchers in different topics related to Migration from the University of Sheffield.

In this episode of the Living in Sheffield podcast, we will discuss how art can be used as a tool for social transformation and to empower migrant communities. For this conversation, Dr Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli and journalist Livia Barreira received the artist, cultural producer and activist Lora Krasteva and the researcher Aneta Piekut, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences and co-director of the Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield.