Event Details

Date: , 2014

Time: to

Venue: Easton Community Centre, BS5 6AW

Price: Donation

Series: Remembering the Real WW1 - Autumn 2014, Remembering the Real WWI

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Section: Events

Projects: Bristol’s WWI Conscientious Objectors

Subjects: World War I

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World War One is often characterised in the popular memory through the narrative of trench warfare on the Western Front. However, it was a global war fought by imperialist powers, ranging from Africa and the Middle East to the South Pacific. These conflicts, essentially struggles to create or maintain empires, shaped the modern world, not only for the warring powers but crucially for their colonial ‘subjects’. We live with the resonances of WW1 today, from Rwanda to Kurdistan and from Palestine to Iraq.

In this event Bristol’s cultural links to WW1 are explored through the eyes of asylum seekers and refugees which defy the official narrative and glorification of ‘The Great War’. The impact of WW1 and its links to contemporary conflict are examined through the creation of digital stories which visibly express the real issues of displacement, identity and misery still felt today by Bristol’s residents.

Event details

Date: , 2014

Time: to

Venue: Easton Community Centre, BS5 6AW

Price: Donation

Series: Remembering the Real WW1 - Autumn 2014, Remembering the Real WWI


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