Embodied Resistance: Art, Youth and Gender Justice Across Borders

Join Dr Andreza da Silveira Jorge and S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys photographer Kay Rufai together for an evening exploring art, territory, youth resistance and gender justice across Brazil and the UK. 

The evening will explore how artistic and creative practices can be used to understand, challenge and transform gendered, racialised and territorial experiences of violence, inequality and resistance. Bringing together Brazilian and UK-based perspectives, the event will reflect on art as a method of research, political expression, care, healing, community building and social change. 

This event will also be broadcasted on WOW 365.

This event is open to students, researchers, artists, activists, community practitioners and anyone interested in feminist, participatory and arts-based approaches to gender, race, youth, violence, urban life and social justice. Places are limited, so early registration is recommended.

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The event is organised by the Gendered Resistance Lab, led by Professor Cathy McIlwaine and Renata Peppl, co-hosted by WOW - Women of the World and in partnership with the Visual and Embodied Methods (VEM) and the King's Brazil Institute. 

This event is presented as part of the Gendered Resistance Lab (GRL) Lecture Series and the Feminist Activism Among Youth in Brazil (FAYB) project. The FAYB project is a collaboration between King’s College London, Redes da Maré, People’s Palace Projects at Queen Mary University of London, and WOW - Women of the World to explore feminist activism among young people in Brazil, with a focus on creative and participatory methods, artivism, gendered violence, political consciousness and social justice, looking at the FAYB project and S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys.