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No Refuge in a Refugee Camp by Namad
Namad, poet, activist and director of MUTU Organisation, shares in his own words his experiences of being a refugee in Dzaleka Refugee Camp.
Apr 76 min read


The Pockets of Love
Grace is beauty, under remorseless pressure. When I sat down to write this article, these words came to mind – to connect to the lived...
Mar 206 min read


Valuing refugee and migrant voices
As we approach Refugee Week with hopes to galvanise action, CSF researchers Francesco Mazzarella, Helen Storey and Lucy Orta explore the...
Jun 9, 20235 min read


Stitching the future and the longing for home
“As a designer working in the humanitarian field, humility, listening and the reimagining of one’s own sense of what ‘progress’ should...
Jan 23, 20233 min read

Shifting Charges – provoking mindset change through jewellery
The fashion industry causes negative impacts on society in many ways. For example the abuse of labour rights, compromising of the health of
Sep 5, 20226 min read


Healing Knowledge
After six years of working together with UNHCR and the refugees of Zaatari Refugee Camp, on the Jordan/ Syria border, we have just begun...
Jun 16, 20224 min read


The need for a collective reimagining of climate justice and commitment to action
The world is watching as the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, the 26th Conference of the Parties (known as COP26) starts in...
Oct 29, 20214 min read


Drawing Reality
There are 400 TIGERS in Zaatari Refugee Camp just now, a group of young people originally self - named as -‘These Inspiring Girls Enjoy Read
Apr 15, 20214 min read


Vital Signs
These are both precious and dangerous times to commit anything to writing; still a time for feeling over pronouncements? Most often...
Dec 9, 20204 min read


Design with humanity – a living curriculum
Prof. Helen Storey has been working closely with course leaders to create a ‘Living curriculum'.
Jun 19, 20205 min read


We know the power of making, but we’ve never applied it in such extreme circumstances
Since January 2019, Professor Helen Storey has been working with the UNHCR as ‘Artist in Residence’ at Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan...
Jan 21, 20204 min read


Craft is radical
Craft, at its best, is a radical force. In the face of a world now largely in the tow of speed, you could consider craft an extreme...
Oct 21, 20133 min read


Plastic is precious
Over the past five years, Centre for Sustainable Fashion has looked a lot at the relationship between fashion, materials and sustainability.
Oct 7, 20133 min read


Wonderland
Most often, on this creative journey of recent years, collaborations have been kicked into life when something else in life has been going w
Jun 17, 20133 min read
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