A project delivered in Rome and organised by Giuseppe Carta, (Bristol University)
A series of workshops aimed at local stakeholders to encourage discussions around the re-imagining of the Mosque: Sacred Spaces and the City. The workshops were held in a local community space, familiar to participants. The workshops took place in a multi-lingual environment, encouraging contribution from a wide range of participants. Where they drew on existing poetic traditions from Urdu, Arabic, Persian, English with Italian translations, and examined the relationship between people, place, safe and sacred spaces.
The workshops consisted of walking tours to look at the overlap between geographical landscape and personal migrant histories. Which enabled participants to focus on poetry in creating a response to the conversations between physical space and personal stories.
A series of workshops aimed at local stakeholders to encourage discussions around the re-imagining of the Mosque: Sacred Spaces and the City. The workshops were held in a local community space, familiar to participants. The workshops took place in a multi-lingual environment, encouraging contribution from a wide range of participants. Where they drew on existing poetic traditions from Urdu, Arabic, Persian, English with Italian translations, and examined the relationship between people, place, safe and sacred spaces.
The workshops consisted of walking tours to look at the overlap between geographical landscape and personal migrant histories. Which enabled participants to focus on poetry in creating a response to the conversations between physical space and personal stories.
Photography courtesy of Yiota Demetriou