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This paper examines how displaced peoples use arts in three different contexts to better understand the cultural impacts of forced migration, the creativity and entrepreneurial initiatives of “refugees,” and what structural systems are needed to better address migrants’ well-being and cultural sustainability.
Lisa Gilman is Professor of Folklore and English at George Mason University, Fellow with the Refugee and Displacement Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of American Folklore. She is currently working on “My Culture, My Survival: Arts Initiatives by Refugees for Refugees,” a global multi-site project about displaced people, agency, and art.
Co-sponsored by: East Asian Languages and Cultures, East Asian Studies, Human Rights Studies, Comparative Literature, Cinema and Digital Media, and the Humanities Program
