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Art, Data & Story: The Role of ADT-Assisted and Arts-Based Approaches in Shaping Migration Narratives

Trinity 2026 / 1 June 2026, Convened by Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang, COMPAS Visiting Academic

Online (Zoom) & in person (Mawby Room, Kellogg College)

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Overview

Interdisciplinary researchers from COMPAS and Bridging Divides will explore how digital tools and arts-based methodologies influence the production, interpretation, and circulation of narratives about migration in three seminars throughout the afternoon.

Time: 1 - 5 pm (BST)

Register: https://forms.gle/GThBgWtsDFftjDM86

This event is hybrid. Attendance is free, and all are welcome.

  • Panel 1: Superdiversity & Data Visualisation
    Featuring:
    • Michael Keith, Director of COMPAS, UK
    • Steven Vertovec, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, Germany
    • Daniel Hiebert, Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada
    • Philip Kasinitz, Presidential Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, US
    • Van Tran, Professor of Sociology, International Migration Studies, Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, US
  • Panel 2: Welcoming Cities, Welcoming Infrastructure
    Featuring:
    • Zhixi Zhuang, Associate Director, Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
    • Melissa Weihmayer, Researcher, Global Exchange on Migration, COMPAS, UK
    • Melissa Kelly, Lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK
    • Cathy Yang Liu, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, US
  • Panel 3: Arts-Based Participatory Methodologies
    Featuring:
    • Yvonne Su, Associate Professor, York University, Canada
    • Cyrus Sundar Singh, Filmmaker, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Annie Wan, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
    • Rob McNeil, Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, COMPAS, UK
    • Stuart Fowkes, Founder of Cities and Memory, Oxford, UK

Download the poster (PDF) here: Art, Data & Story seminar.