Human Rights Advocacy Day

A day of dialogue on human rights, academic freedom, and indigenous struggles.

22 Oct

Practical information

Åpent arrangement i regi av studieprogrammet i menneskerettigheter, forskningsgruppen Human Rights and Diversities, strategisk forskningsområdet på demokrati, samfunnsorganisering og styring, Scholars at Risk, i samarbeid med SAIH (Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond).

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Programme

10:30 First Floor, USN Drammen, PBL

Welcome: Nthanda Nkungula, MHRMC

Call to Action: UNBOUND – Struggles for Knowledge, Justice, and Collective Futures
Dr. Gabriela Mezzanotti, Coordinator, SAR Advocacy at USN and Co-Leader, Research Group Human Rights and Diversities

Human Rights and Academic Freedom Under Pressure
Milan Gielen, MHRMC

Student Solidarity and the Defense of Academic Freedom
Laura Lucia Meza, SAIH Drammen and MHRMC
Thaís Sandoval, Vice President, SAIH

Unbound Voices: Advocacy, Music and Poetry
Douaa Osman
Featuring artistic contributions from Yiangeco (Stacey Estrela), poetry in Guaraní by Iliana Franco Alvarenga, and a closing musical performance by Golnar Nourielmy.

Exhibition: UNBOUND – Struggles for Knowledge, Justice, and Collective Futures
Opening by Nthanda Nkungula

Experiencing UNBOUND: Struggles for Knowledge, Justice, and Collective Futures
Hosted by: Milan Gielen, Laura Meza, Nthanda Nkungula, Douaa Osman
 

13:10 Auditorium A6509

Opening by Iliana Franco Alvarenga and Laura Meza

Memory, Extraction, and Collective Futures. Film Screenings on Indigenous Struggles and Resistance

  1. Tales of Light Trilogy – Ancestral Voices: Projections of Memory
    Created by Corporación Traitraico Artivists Collective and Chilean artist Francisco Polla. An audiovisual project highlighting Indigenous communities affected by extractive industries and socio-environmental conflicts, using art, memory, and territory to make visible their struggles and ancestral worldviews.
     

  2.  Al Fogón con los Pueblos Indígenas de Colombia (Around the Fire with the Indigenous Peoples of Colombia)
    Created and directed by Laura Meza, José Carlo Pimienta, and Audiovisual Production 2448. A documentary on seven Indigenous communities in Bogotá, exploring forced displacement, armed conflict, territorial pressures, and the strategies they use to preserve ancestral knowledge, identity, and community life.

     

14:15 Closing & Informal Gathering. Location: Student House, First Floor, Papirbredden 2

Dr. Åsne Håndlykken-Luz
Deputy Director, Democracy, Social Organisation and Governance Strategic Research Area, and Program Coordinator, MHRMC, USN

Closing remarks followed by an informal gathering with pizza.