The speakers will address the notion of belonging in conjunction with the exhibition “Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art” at the Harvard Art Museums.
The panel brings together the exhibition's curators, Makeda Best and Mary Schneider Enriquez, and two social scientists, Friederike Römer and Jonathan Laurence, to explore questions such as: How might we expand our understanding of the ways in which refugees and immigrants assert their own sense of belonging while navigating the expectations of their new societies? How do visual representations shape our notion of what it means to belong? How are processes of belonging shaped by social, cultural, and political contexts?
Following the discussion, all guests are invited to join a reception in the CES Atrium.
This event has been supported by a CES funding program that supports activities organized by its Graduate Student Affiliates.
