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A selection of multi-media resources which members of the Centre have contributed to or produced.

(2024) - Feature length documentary,Ìý accompanying music videos

Bhashaili or Adrift tells the story of Pakistani Bengalis living in Karachi, many of whom face issues around citizenship and Statelessness despite being in their fourth generation. We follow the everyday stories of young and old Pakistani Bengalis as they chase their dreams, find love, stand up for injustices, and face despair around their lack of recognition in Pakistan.


Ìý(2022) - DOCUMENTARY

This BBC World Service programme shares the remarkable world of Children of Deaf Adults, or CODAs. At a young age they take on the mighty responsibility of interpreting for their mums and dads outside the home…in a world built for the hearing


(2019-present) – ACTION REPORTS

Since 2016, has run an undergraduate placement module at °×С½ãÂÛ̳, Educating and Organising for Social Justice, in which students learn about the theory and history of social justice education, and participate in a community organising campaign withÌý, in partnership with primary and secondary schools across London. Each year, students produce an action research report based on the political education workshops they run in primary and secondary schools with children and youth:

  • Ìý(2024)
  • Ìý(2023)
  • Ìý(2022)
  • Ìý(2021)
  • Ìý(2019)

Ìý(2024)- INTERACTIVE TOOL

This interactive tool looks at how care practices for families and very sick babies were changed or adapted in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. The goal is to learn how to keep these important practices safe and effective during future crises.


Ìý(2024) - FILM

In this short film, we share the basic principles of our "Body Mapping" tool co-created with the Nkwihoreze project young participants and facilitators. The tool helps explore topics of intergenerational transmission of trauma and resilience.


(2024) – COMIC STRIP
A short comic explaining the Nkwihoreze project origin and plans. Link to download A3 colour pdf.


(2023, ongoing) – EXHIBIT

This online and in-person exhibition of letters, poems, and artwork aims to counter dehumanising narratives about Palestinians, showing solidarity by attending to the names, stories, experiences, dreams, and struggles of Palestinian children and the actions of the Western-backed Israeli state which are so violently shaping their lives.


(2023) – ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNÌý

These letters addressed to the Prime Minister of Pakistan have been written by Pakistani Bengali children and teenagers living in Karachi. The letters serve as a direct appeal to the government to take account of some of the challenges faced by these young people and their families linked to issues of citizenship and statelessness.


(2020) - REPORT


(2020-2022) – WEBSITE

The Play Observatory provides a curated collection of examples of play and expressive culture, providing insights into the experiences of children and young people at this unique time in history and informing future generations’ understandings of young people’s lives.


Ìý(2024) - ANIMATION

The Others is an animated social commentary that depicts the impact of having one’s identity taken away. The animation explores issues of ‘othering’, citizenship, and statelessness faced by members of the Pakistani Bengali community living in Karachi.


(2017-2019) – WEBSITE

The website documents an ambitious programme of research and cultural production, exploring the nature of play by bringing together archives, spaces and technologies of play, along with people who play, both old and young.


(2021, updated 2023) - FILM

This short film showcases the testimonies of young, unaccompanied refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrantsÌýand provides insights into theÌýracialised borders that divide citizens from migrants and the borders that divide childhood from adulthood, considering their consequence for care, belonging, and life itself.


Ìý(2019) – RADIO PROGRAMME

This BBC Radio 4 programme explores the unique lives and experiences faced by British teenagers and children whose parents do not speak English.


Who cares for you? Child migrants within the immigration and welfare nexusÌý(2022) – PODCAST

A discussion of the ways that participatory and creative research can help to unpack unaccompanied young people’s experiences of care in the context of a dynamic, yet hostile, immigration environment.