Living in difference and in common: urban refugees and convivial cultures in Kenya

该项目旨在提高人们对城市难民与当地社区之间的关系如何有助于在肯尼亚城镇建立信任和维护和平的认识。它探讨了如何在不同文化背景的社区之间促进和平共处，但共同面对城市化和贫困带来的挑战。它还寻求加强一个现有的国际网络，该网络将IIED人类住区小组的学术研究人员与肯尼亚的两个机构聚集在一起：sdi -肯尼亚（一个有组织的低收入城市社区联合会）和Koch电影公司（由青年领导的参与式电影制作人）。该网络将共同探索和记录肯尼亚城市中心以及紧张和不信任地点的城市难民与收容人口之间的积极关系和相互作用。通过使用参与性研究方法，包括城市人种学漫步和纪录片制作，将产生新的知识。它将集中在三个主题：1。1 .以社区为基础的贫民窟改造：内罗毕贫民窟居民联合会（SDI）如何扩大其工作范围，以确保贫民窟改造进程包括被迫流离失所者，并确保市政当局了解他们的挑战、愿望和观点；保护弱势群体：由肯尼亚-索马里社区建立和管理的当地基层安全屋如何保护处于弱势地位的妇女，以及如何处理与联合国难民署和当地警察的关系；3. 共享的当地生计：如何通过共享的当地生计建立信任与合作关系，以及哪些因素和行为体有助于城市难民工作的市场中心的经济和社会福祉。这方面的知识将在各种媒体上传播，以告知不同的受众。除了一篇学术论文外，该项目产生的证据还将用于为国家和市政府以及联合国难民署制定建议和政策简报，以支持保护城市难民并促进更具包容性的城市。它还将为一部纪录片提供素材，该纪录片将分享城市难民的经历，并促进关于城市难民与当地居民和平共处的公开辩论。这部电影将在本地和国际观众中放映。

This project seeks to improve knowledge on how relationships between urban refugees and local communities contribute to building trust and maintaining peace in Kenyan towns and cities. It explores the ways in which peaceful coexistence can be promoted between communities that have different cultural backgrounds, but share the challenges associated with urbanisation and poverty. It also seeks to strengthen an existing international network that brings together academic researchers in the Human Settlements Group at (IIED), with two institutions in Kenya: SDI-Kenya (a federation of organised low-income urban communities) and Koch Films (youth-led participatory film-makers). Together the network will explore and document positive relationships and interactions between urban refugees and host populations in urban centres in Kenya, as well as sites of tension and mistrust. New knowledge will be generated through the use of participatory research methods, including urban ethnographic walks and documentary film-making. It will focus on three themes:1. Community-based slum upgrading: how a federation of slum dwellers in Nairobi (SDI) has expanded its scope of work to ensure slum improvement processes are inclusive of forcibly displaced people, and that municipal authorities are aware of their challenges, aspirations and perspectives;2. Protection of vulnerable people: how local grassroots safehouses established and run by the Kenyan-Somali community protect women in vulnerable situations and navigate relationships with the UN refugee agency and the local police; 3. Shared local livelihoods: how relationships of trust and cooperation are built through shared local livelihoods, and what factors and actors contribute to economic and social well-being in market hubs where urban refugees work.This knowledge will be disseminated in a range of media, to inform different audiences. Alongside an article for academic publication, evidence generated by the project will be used to develop recommendations and a policy briefing for national and municipal governments, and for the UN refugee agency, to support protection of urban refugees and promote more inclusive cities. It will also inform a documentary film that shares the experiences of urban refugees and promotes public debate on peaceful coexistence between urban refugees and local populations. The film will be screened to local and international audiences.