Listening to the voices of refugee artists: opportunities and barriers for performing arts practices carried out by refugee artists in the UK

博士研究项目“倾听难民艺术家的声音：难民艺术家在英国开展的表演艺术实践的机会和障碍”将探索以下研究问题：1.难民遗产艺术家如何体验和驾驭英国的文化和创意实践？a.他们的法律地位对他们的作品以及他们思考和理解作品的方式有什么影响？B.难民遗产艺术家想要发展他们的作品有什么机会？障碍是什么？2.难民遗产艺术家在英国开展表演艺术实践的范围、范围和抱负是什么？难民遗产艺术家如何结合他们在英国创作艺术的经历来理解和阐述他们的做法？B.难民遗产艺术家如何理解和交流他们的作品，因为用来讨论它的术语都是困难和有争议的？这项研究是在冠状病毒(新冠肺炎)大流行带来的全球健康危机中开始的。除此之外，英国正在退出欧盟的进程中。冠状病毒大流行和英国退欧都对艺术家、艺术基础设施和艺术实践产生了影响。因此，除了两个主要的研究问题外，研究还会问：Q3A。新冠肺炎和英国脱欧对难民遗产艺术家、他们的艺术实践以及相关的艺术基础设施产生了什么影响？b.关于(或对于)难民遗产艺术家，他们获得艺术家发展和其他支持并继续他们的艺术实践的能力，“没有人掉队”意味着什么？我将考察三个表演艺术实践领域：戏剧、音乐和口语，并将确定在这些领域工作的难民遗产艺术家，并通过正式和非正式对话以及结构化和半结构化访谈与他们探讨研究问题。我还将与旨在为难民遗产艺术家创建平台的干预措施的设计者和受益者探讨问题，在这些平台上，这些平台是可以识别的。我将通过在正在讨论、组织、制定或实施干预措施的空间观察来探索这些问题，并将查看、探索、倾听、阅读、审查和参与正在或曾经在这些实践领域创作的难民遗产艺术家的工作。这项研究将集中在当代艺术家身上。为了招募研究参与者，我将利用现有的联系人和网络，如社区西北行动(CAN)、Platforma、对等点艺术、ArtReach、避难所之城运动、庇护所剧院运动中的团体、与难民和移民背景的人合作的戏剧团体、音乐家、街头合唱团、移民和难民权利团体，以及诗人和口语艺术家。通过滚雪球抽样，联系人还将被要求建议其他可以接触和邀请参与这项研究的人。我将与一个由大曼彻斯特难民遗产艺术家组成的焦点小组合作，并利用更广泛的西北部、中部和伦敦的艺术家，以及难民遗产艺术家如何在聚集学者、艺术家和社区的会议、研讨会和研讨会上发表演讲和表演。这项研究将建立在研究难民背景的人面临的就业障碍的学术工作的基础上，结合对戏剧、音乐、诗歌和被迫移民之间的联系的探索。预期成果包括一篇博士论文、期刊文章和会议论文。还可以举办图片展或短片纪录片，重点关注艺术家，他们正在做的工作，他们的想法，以及他们如何管理或驾驭他们在实践领域遇到的机会和障碍。

The PhD research project, "Listening to the voices of refugee artists: opportunities and barriers for performing arts practices carried out by refugee artists in the UK" will explore the following research questions:1. How do refugee heritage artists experience and navigate cultural and creative practices in the UK?a. What, if any, effect does their legal status have on the work they make and the ways they think about and understand their work? b. What opportunities are available and what are the barriers for refugee heritage artists who want to develop their work? 2. What is the range, scope and ambition of performing arts practices carried out by refugee heritage artists in the UK? a. How do refugee heritage artists understand and articulate their practice in relation to their experiences of making art in the UK? b. How do refugee heritage artists understand and communicate their work when the very terminologies used to discuss it are difficult and contested? The study is commencing in the midst of a global health crisis brought about by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In addition to this, Britain is in the process of leaving the European Union. Both the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit have an effect on artists, the arts infrastructure and art practices. Therefore, in addition to the two main research questions, the study will also ask:Q3a. What impact has Covid-19 and Brexit had on refugee heritage artists, their arts practice and on the related arts infrastructure?b. What does "no one left behind" mean in relation to (or for) refugee heritage artists, their ability to access artist development and other support and continue their arts practice?I will look at three performing arts practice areas: theatre, music, and spoken word, and will identify refugee heritage artists working in these areas and explore the research questions with them through formal and informal conversations and through structured and semi-structured interviews. I will also explore the questions with designers and beneficiaries of interventions that aim to create platforms for refugee heritage artists, where these are identifiable. And I will explore the questions through observation in spaces where interventions are being discussed, organised, enacted or implemented, and will look at, explore, listen to, read, review and engage with the work of refugee heritage artists who are, or have been, producing in these practice areas. The study will focus on contemporary artists. To recruit research participants, I will draw on pre-existing contacts and networks like Community Action North West (CAN), Platforma, Counterpoints Arts, ArtReach, the City of Sanctuary movement, groups in the Theatre of Sanctuary movement, theatre groups that work with people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, musicians, street choirs, migrant and refugee rights groups, and poets and spoken word artists. Using snowball sampling, the contacts will also be asked to suggest others who can be approached and asked to participate in the study.I will work with a focus group made up of refugee heritage artists based in Greater Manchester as well as draw on artists based in or working in the wider North West, the Midlands and London and on how refugee heritage artists have been giving presentations and performances at conferences, symposia and seminars that bring together academics, artists, and communities.The study will build on academic work that has studied barriers into employment faced by people from refugee backgrounds combining this with an exploration of the connection between theatre, music, poetry and forced migration. Expected outcomes include a PhD thesis; journal articles; and conference papers. There could also be a photo exhibition or short video documentary focusing on the artists, the work they are doing, and what they think of and how they manage or navigate the opportunities and barriers they meet in their practice areas.