Slave Britain - a photography exhibition on human trafficking
From Monday 20 October 2008 to Friday 21 November 2008
York St John University will host Slave Britain, a unique photographic exhibition highlighting the slave trade and human trafficking in Britain in the twenty-first century. The exhibition will be housed on the ground floor of Fountains Learning Centre, on Clarence Street.
Slave Britain is a revealing examination into the lives of those affected by contemporary slavery. The exhibition displays photographs specially produced for Slave Britain by photographers David Rose and Karen Robinson who represent a rare and intimate insight into the mechanics of this fast growing form of modern day slavery and the devastating impact it has on people's lives. Slave Britain depicts the stories of ordinary men, women and children who have been enslaved by trafficking from countries such as Uganda, India and Lithuania to name a few. These people tell of broken promises and shattered dreams; of exploitation and intimidation; of violence and of fear.
Slave Britain is being run in partnership with Panos Pictures, the Centre for Global Education, York, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Unicef UK and The Co-operative. Slave Britain will be on display on the ground floor of Fountains Learning Centre on Clarence Street, York from 20 October until 21 November 2008. The free exhibition is open to members of the public from 9.00am – 9.00pm, Monday to Friday; 10.00am – 4.00pm on Saturday and 2.00pm – 6.00pm on Sunday. If you would like to find out more about the exhibition please visit www.slavebritain.org.uk.
Hidden Histories
Look out for the new programme for the third series of seminarsr from the Centre for Global Education & York St John University. We are working on the new programme whihc will be put on this page soon
Seminars are free of charge
Image from the last series:
‘Representation of Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) groups in film in Yorkshire’
Alex Southern, Head of the Education Department of Yorkshire Film Archive, will be discussing current research on mapping the ethnographic population of Yorkshire to determine the extent to which BME communities are represented within the YFA collection. The aim is then to build new and extend relationships with BME community groups through outreach work to create and acquire moving image materials.
Other speakers on the evening were:
- Jenny Zobel – ‘Three Children in World Cinema'
Education Consultant, Centre for Global Education - Steve Rawle – ‘International Horror Cinema and the Spectre of War’.
Lecturer in Film Studies @ York St John University