Migrant Art Archive

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Covid Chronicles from the Margins

Explore the art and writing on these pages to understand what life was like during the Covid-19 pandemic from the perspectives of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants in the UK and around the world.

You can use our search tool to locate and filter different kinds of visual and written content on the website.

If you would like to take a deeper dive into the project, you can search for all the same items  on Open Research Data Online (ORDO) where you will find meta data (dates items were first uploaded and a reference citation tool).

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This website and the Open Research Database Online offer compelling insights into how the pandemic exacerbated social inequalities but also unleashed untapped creativity among migrants. It is a living, lively archive, a contemporary history that offers a different optic on the pandemic for researchers and diverse audiences.

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