Vagabonds of Bloomsbury
26 May 2016, 5:30 pm–8:00 pm
Event Information
Location
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Roberts Foyer
Whether East Europeans contribute to, or only benefit from British society is an increasingly overheated polemic today. Roma from the region are particularly popular targets of scaremongering in such discourses.
But how do these "vagabonds" perceive their own arrival in London and contribution to the city's cultural landscape? What are their first impressions of the metropolis and what is the moment like when they first feel they have truly arrived in the city?
Join us for an evening of exhibitions and discussion as we explore the fiercely debated and politicised question of migration from an intimate, personal perspective. Robert Czibi, a London-based Hungarian Roma artist, will share his own stories of migration, raising the question of what the Roma themselves have to say about features of Roma-ness in the 21st century.
Attendees will be invited to jot down a short message (reflections, suggestions, a piece of advice or users' manual to their new home) for an imaginary East European who has recently arrived in London.
There is no need to register for this event.
This event forms part of the UCL Festival of Culture
Contact: Eszter Tarsoly, Senior Teaching Fellow in Hungarian, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (e.tarsoly@ucl.ac.uk)