Untold Stories of Migration and Belonging in York Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira and Olivia Durand
Event details
York attracts millions of history enthusiasts, but what does the city's history mean for its residents? As part of a research project about hidden histories of York’s diverse communities, this drop-in workshop invites people to rethink their relationship to the city, how layers of identity were shaped by waves of migration and consider how we can find shared spaces of belonging.
You’ll be asked to identify areas of the city that are important to you on a map and to write down the meaning and emotions of these spaces. The ultimate aim is to create a visual representation of how all of us in York are linked and the things we have in common.
Those attending will have chance to enter a draw for a walking tour of the city by Uncomfortable York following the workshop. The tour provides the perfect introduction to the rich history of our beautiful and iconic city, while going beyond traditional narratives and highlighting stories of women, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people of colour.
Whether you have lived in the city for a few months or many generations, why not drop by our workshop and share what York means to you?
No booking is required for the workshop, just drop in. However, to help with planning, it would be useful if you could register your intention to attend, as we will prioritise workshop attendees to draw tickets for the Uncomfortable York tour in the afternoon.
This event has been organised by Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira of the University of York in partnership with Our City Hub and Uncomfortable York. It is supported by the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre. Find the Centre on Instagram at @H4GCResCentre
Find out more about Uncomfortable York Walking Tours.
Find out more about Our City Hub.
About the workshop facilitators
Olivia Durand is the Co-founder and Director of Uncomfortable Tours, an initiative that explores critical history through walking tours, lectures, and workshops in Oxford, Cambridge, and York. A trained historian specialising in comparative settler studies, she earned her DPhil from Oxford and has held research positions at Freie Universität Berlin and the Institute of Historical Research in London. She is also a senior researcher for the Institute of Historical Justice and Reconciliation and serves on the steering committee of the Colonial Ports and Global History network.
Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre, University of York, where she looks at the heritage of migrations, knowledge of the sea and climate change. For her PhD at the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre, University of Cambridge, she researched the cultural heritage of diaspora communities. An archaeologist by training, Mariana previously studied in Germany and in Portugal and worked as a heritage professional in her hometown Macao, China. She is currently a board member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).
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