Illegal human, poem by Hamdi Khalif

Illegal human    ‘I see you’ve brought your colours’ they hiss and I shrunk under my technicolored coat  I know what they really mean. Why isn’t my soul as dark as my skin? And I...

Not my problem, poem by Hamdi Khalif

Not my problem   The streets dirty them until they grey with the buildings. Pavements. ‘Can you spare any change please?’ ‘Who?’ ‘What?’ He can’t be speaking to me. Must be that woman with the posh...

Who Are We? by Selina Nwulu

I  What does it Matter? “…you don’t worry about dirt in the garden because it belongs in the garden but the moment you see dirt in the bedroom you have to do...

Lullabies at The Consul, poem by Laila Sumpton

This is a response piece by a 'roaming' resident at Who Are We? project. Lullabies at The Consul  Vem kan segla förutan vind? Vem kan ro utan åror? Vem kan skiljas från vännen...

Floorplans, poem by Laila Sumpton

This is a response piece by a 'roaming' resident at Who Are We? project. Floorplans These are the lines I remember I’ll draw them in the sand and these the ones I would...

Stitching migrating proverbs, poem by Laila Sumpton

This is a response piece by a 'roaming' resident at Who Are We? project. Stitching migrating proverbs When you darned you wove in this to warm my soles- knowing I’d walk away: ‘if you are...

Hostile environment procedures, poem by Laila Sumpton

This is a response piece by a 'roaming' resident at Who Are We? project. Hostile environment procedures: Open your pencil case- we are scanning your crayons for prints and before you complete Algebra2 we...

Walking and eating, the arts of the local and global

Graham Harvey, The Open University On 25 May I met with Claudia Zeiske amidst the buzz of creativity and conversation at the Tate Exchange’s “Who are we?” project. Our conversation largely...

From Troy to Teesside: connecting divided communities

Graham Harvey, The Open University  Questions about the role of narratives, art and work in constructing communities structured my conversation with Isabel Lima at the Tate Exchange’s “Who are we?” project....