We invite all persons displaced by violence to reflect on and share their life experiences, here.
We invite all persons displaced by violence to reflect on and share their life experiences, here.
We launch this dossier with Life Stories of Montrealers displaced by War, Genocide, and other Human Rights Violations. This five-year oral history project explores survivors' experiences and memories of mass violence and displacement. A team comprised of dozens of university and community-based researchers are in the process of recording life story interviews with more than 500 Montreal residents from Rwanda, Cambodia, Haiti, Latin America, and South Asia, as well as Holocaust survivors.
As was asked at the top of the show: "What do you get when you gather a Rwandan, a Congolese, a Palestinian, a St. Lucian and a Zimbabwean?" Great, funky radio, that's what! Marie-Françoise, Stephanie, Rania, Bylow and Ayanda bring you a two hour broadcast on music and memory, featuring 4 distinct radio pieces, ranging from story to poetry to political commentary. All this, mixed in with world music and lively discussion about the personal significance of the songs they chose.
In a collaboration between Life Stories Montreal and CKUT Radio, and between the Experiences of Refugee Youth working group and Radio Works!, 5 radio workshop participants learnt as many aspects of radio productions as could be squeezed into four weeks and here is the excellent result, broadcast on CKUT 90.3 FM on Saturday, August 21, 2010. Special thanks to Liz Miller, Gracia Jalea, Parker Mah, Courtney Kirkby and Kaitlin Prest for their support and participation.
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