Online Spring School - tickets out
Building on the in person Spring School in May 2026, we will be hosting an online edition during the Southern Hemisphere Spring 2026. The theme is the same and we will explore this in more depth during a week or presentations, self-study and sharing in November.
Dates for in your diary:
2 November - day of presentations and poetry
3-5 November - self-study, guided by recommended readings and reflection questions
5 November - open stage to share your work
Free tickets are available on https://events.humanitix.com/onlinerielaspring26
Read the full programme here.
THEME
We will explore intergenerational caring and the sharing of knowledge, wisdom and practices in the context of (forced) migration and restorative integration through education, languages and the arts.
How can Elders, the living archives among us, pass on their language, history, culture and wisdom to younger and future generations when spatial, temporal and political barriers stand in the way? How is care organised when people are forced to flee? Who carries culture forward, and how is it kept alive when communities are broken up and dispersed? Can cultural heritage be maintained and transmitted within new communities, and what mechanisms or efforts are involved? How can destination countries support those experiencing the loss of cultural and linguistic heritage? How do refugees and people seeking asylum access knowledge about their own cultural heritage? UNESCO has declared a Decade of Indigenous Languages and the wisdom-speech, linguistic inheritance and forms of speech of elders, and of those beginning steps in the languages of home are critical to intergenerational forms of care for intangible cultural heritage. How are the generations undertaking care for culture and language in times of genocide, pain and protest?
We want to understand how intercultural caring and sharing is organised, how it can be supported by longstanding communities and what we can learn from these practices. We have curated a programme that offers practical examples, as well as performances and academic reflections, to cater for all.
Join us to come and think these questions through with us!
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Samantha Disbray (The University of Queensland) - Celebrating and sustaining language and multilingualism through the arts
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Adhar Marup, Najia Mohamed & Fiona Cameron (StARS) - By refugees, for refugees, serving those who need it most in Cairo
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Ayesha Ahmad (St George’s University)
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Sylvia Agbih (University of Augsburg)
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Ricky Dragon (represented by Alison Phipps)
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Anna Dziuban (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
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Anna Gotlib, J.D., Ph.D. (The City University of New York, Brooklyn College)
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Lisa Eckenwiler (George Mason University) - Book presentation: Forced Migration and Health Justice
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Piki Diamond - Ko koe te aho ki te whenua: Remembering your indigeneity
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Alessia Mangiavillano (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) - Tell Me a Story and It Will Live in My Heart Forever: The SPEAK Project
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Zixuan Yang 杨子萱 - Carrying Hua’er Forward: Intergenerational Musicking and Placemaking
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Rox Madeira (Movement in Thyme) - Herbs from Our Land
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Aleksandra Glos (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) - Where Children Play, Peace Begins: Lessons from a Caring School in Santiago de Chile
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Rachel Morley - Open Circle Lament
Read their biographies and abstracts in the programme booklet.