Spaces of Reflection

Overview

Due to the disruption caused by tube strikes, we have had to cancel this event. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

We hope to run this event again later in the year. Please book a 'register interest' ticket if you would like to be notified when this event is taking place again.

 

 

 

An Arts SU event in partnership with The UAL Decolonising Arts Institute and Dr Nour Elhouda Souleh for the 'Mosaic of Becoming'.

 

Spaces of reflection: challenging colonial legacies through multilingual praxis  

About  

فضاءات للتأمل  Spaces of Reflection is a workshop facilitated by the UAL Decolonising Arts Institute. 

This event forefronts critical conversations and creates space for learning and reflection on the power of language while recognising and reckoning with fraught histories and legacies of empire and race and Anglocentrism. 

The workshop includes an Arabic poetry performance based on Huia هُوِيَّةُ 'The [Other] is Present' which brings students, artists and the public to engage more deeply in the coloniality and erasure of language through embodied engagement and through creative multilingual arts practice. 

 

 Facilitators:

Dr. Nour Elhouda Souleh, a researcher, educator, and creative practitioner exploring intersections of decolonial scholarship, performance, and storytelling 

Navtej Purewal, Professor in Anticolonial and Decolonial Politics and Praxes, UAL Decolonising Arts Institute 

Victoria Odeniyi,  Researcher, UAL Decolonising Arts Institute 

 

Tickets:

This event is open to all

Free for current UAL students

£6 for non-UAL students/general public 

 

Outline of event:

12 noon - 12:45 pm - A light vegetarian lunch will be provided to all attendees in the gallery space, from Root25.

1:00 pm - 4:40 pm - Main workshop, including performance 

 

Gallery Address:

Nunnery Gallery (Bow Arts), 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ

Please visit the gallery website for the nearest train stations and bus routes.

Please note that a tube strike is currently planned for this day.  The gallery is very close to Stratford bus and train station. The DLR (nearest station , the Overground and the Elizabeth Line will be running as usual, and . 

 

Facilitator Bios

 

Dr. Nour Elhouda Souleh

I’m Dr. Nour Elhouda Souleh, a researcher, educator, and creative practitioner exploring intersections of decolonial scholarship, performance, and storytelling.

My work challenges dominant narratives and opens space for alternative knowledge-making through poetry, creative nonfiction, stand-up comedy, and performance art.

My doctoral research, Exploring Othering with Intersectional Feminist Aspirations: Between Lived Experiences and Stand-Up Comedy (Canterbury Christ Church University, 2022), bridges lived experience and theory, using humour and embodiment as tools for resistance and dialogue. My publication, Creative Nonfiction and Stand-up Comedy as Alternative Forms of Decolonial Scholarship (Decolonial Subversions, 2023), extends this inquiry.

As an English and ESOL Lecturer, I support students from diverse backgrounds in building confidence through language and trauma-informed practice.

 

My performance, Huia, is inspired by Marina Abramović’s The Artist Is Present, and reflects my belief that art and scholarship are mutually transformative.

 

 

Access:

There is step-free access into and throughout the gallery space. There is also an accessible toilet in the linked cafe next door. Please do get in touch via our team email address if you have any questions: artsprogramme@su.arts.ac.uk 

On-site cafe: The Nunnery Cafe is open Tuesday to Saturday 8:30 am – 3 pm, and Sunday 9 am-3 pm. Both eat-in and takeaway options are available.

Skills you can gain from this opportunity

By taking part, we hope you will develop your skills in:  

• Communication and Collaboration
• Creative and Conceptual Skills

Arts Programme Skills Recognition Framework

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