GRAMNet Human and Animals in Refugee Camps Workshop

What roles have animals played in refugee camps, in the past and in the present? Refugee camps have been a durable part of the political landscape for a century. Animals - livestock, pack animals, companion animals, or pests - have been a constant and often vital presence in the lives of people who live in them. But cross-disciplinary and comparative research on their multi-faceted role in camp life is lacking.

This workshop is part of a year-long project funded by the Wellcome Trust that aims to build a cross-disciplinary academic/practitioner research network and work out the best ways to research the subject, inform humanitarian practice, and improve the lives of refugees and their animals in camps.

Although participation in the workshop is by invitation only, there are some extra spaces available for interested members of the public. Please register here if you would like to attend.