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HUB: EXHIBITION - Claiming back the Narrative – Refuweegee

The Garment Factory, 10 Montrose Street, G1 1RE

​A photovoice exhibition showing the photographs and words of those most recently arrived to our city.  Too rarely are refugees given the tools and platform to share their narrative around their lived experiences.

In 2016 Refuweegee partnered with LIVED projects and a group of students from the University of Edinburgh to give refugees who have arrived in Scotland and who want to share their experiences, the tools and platform to do so. With disposable cameras, journals, and art supplies, participants were invited to document and describe their hopes and aspirations, sense of home and belonging, and emotional lives after arriving in Glasgow. The materials were then gathered and exhibited at the University of Edinburgh with the aim of giving a voice to refugees who have settled here.

Thanks to the support of Oxfam Scotland we are finally in a position to do the exhibition justice and share it with you in Glasgow.
Mon 16th-Sun 22nd, 10am-5pm
​Booking not required
Accessibility: 
  • Drop off area outside with dropped curb
  • Level access into the building's ground floor
  • On the ground floor, 4 steps up to the cafe 
  • On the ground floor, level access into a large elevator to take up to the hub on the second floor
  • Doors into the festival hub on the second floor will be propped open for the festival, but there is a slight level change from the hallway with the elevator into the hub space
  • Wheelchair accessible toilet with emergency cord​
  • Space will be bright/well lit
  • Space will likely be busier and nosier on weekdays during lunch and evening times; space will also likely be busier and nosier on weekend afternoons​
Facilities: Seating, Toilet, Wheelchair Accessible Toilet
Parking: Limited on street parking
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