The forced displacement of people and the illicit trade of artefacts uproots cultural heritage and de-contextualises it. On the routes of exile, cultural heritage can be a source of resilience or provoke misunderstandings. As part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas, this panel will bring together researchers and artists in conversation to discuss these dynamics. The exchanges will be contextualised through a display of photographs taken in refugee camps in Greece 2015-2016, which will be displayed from the 17th - 24th October.

Organised by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and the Cambridge Festival of Ideas

Panellists:

Alkisti Alevropoulou-Malli, activist and photographer, Lighthouse Relief

Ed Emery, ethnomusicologist at SOAS and Calais activist

Dr John Giblin, Curator, Head of Africa Section, The British Museum

Issam Kourbaj, Syrian artist

Dr Augusta McMahon, Reader, Division of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

Dr Dacia Viejo-Rose, Lecturer, Division of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

Dr Paola di Giuseppantonio di Franco, Post-doctoral researcher, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge