Mariam Makramalla (MCR), ‘The arts as a medium for Advocacy, Debate and Awareness Raising’
In this seminar, my aim is to engage the audience in a collective discussion around my public engagement project that has won the Cambridge University Public Engagement Starter Fund in 2020. The project stems from the findings of my recent PhD. It aims at promoting a whole societal re-think of the value and purpose of schooling in Egypt. The
project targets to promote awareness about the core essence of learning, thereby shifting the societal perception of the school mainly acting as a “certification institution”. This target is to be achieved through local collaborative partnerships with schools and cultural centres. In the seminar, I will start by showcasing the overall idea of the project,
I then proceed to highlighting the current status quo as well as COVID related challenges. Building on this, the aim is to engage the audience in a collective discussion brainstorming means to create a platform of advocacy and inclusion with the help of the project.
All staff, students, senior members and alumnae are warmly invited to attend the pudding seminars, which are taking place online. For details of the link, please email enquiries@newn.cam.ac.uk.