About this event

Combining creative activity with an exploration of social justice issues, this collage-making and risograph-printing workshop draws upon the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) Archive, held at the Bodleian Library. It is an occasion for collaborative learning, imagination and experiment – no prior knowledge is necessary. 

Participants will engage with the archival records of activism in South Africa and the UK. Using documents, photographs, and news clippings, we will reflect on the relationship between local resistance and international solidarity, creating new perspectives that shine a contemporary light on this history.

This workshop is made possible through the BRIDGE Fellowship, a partnership between the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett–UP), The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) at the University of Oxford, and the Centre for the Study of the Book.

The workshop will be led by Puleng Plessie, with an introduction by Dr Georgia Nasseh, recipient of the 24–25 BRIDGE Fellowship.

 Speakers

Puleng Plessie is Curator of Education and Public Programmes at Javett–UP, where she develops and oversees educational and public engagement initiatives that bridge the gap between artistic practice, academic research, and community participation. Her work focuses on creating meaningful learning experiences through exhibitions, workshops, and interdisciplinary collaborations. She is an active member of the Johannesburg Working Group of Another Roadmap School and she serves on the Board of Trustees for the Curriculum Development Projects Trust as well as on the Advisory Committee for Tshwane University of Technology's Department of Fine and Studio Arts. She holds a Master's in Fine Arts from the University of the Witwatersrand and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Johannesburg.

Dr Georgia Nasseh is Research Fellow in the Literatures of the Global South at King’s College, University of Cambridge. While her research is mainly concerned with multilingualism in the Portuguese-speaking world, she has cultivated an interest in collage as a method, practice, and pedagogy. In 2023, she co-convened the symposium Collage Comparison, in partnership with the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT) Research Centre and the Centre for the Study of the Book, which brought together a multi-disciplinary group of academics and artists to reflect on collage’s potential for comparative and decolonial thought. She is the recipient of the 24–25 BRIDGE Fellowship.

  Book tickets

This event is free, and booking is required.

This workshop is now fully booked.

 Location

Blackwell Hall, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG

Getting to the Weston Library

 Wheelchair access

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