Justice and Imagination in Global Displacement (JIGD)

We believe in combining a person-centred approach with a critical in-depth examination of lived experiences and narrative construction. We generate knowledge in the fields of experimental filmmaking and moving image, post-colonial literature, medical anthropology, spatial justice and their methods of practice.

The collective is dedicated to collaborative partnerships with marginalised communities locally and globally, to trace, respond to, and inform relevant policy and co-design and develop new forms of practice. We work iteratively using multimodal mixed methods of research that are decolonial, ethnographic, creative, psychological and anthropological. We have existing partnerships through our research consultancies across Higher Education Institutions, government organisations, NGOs and charities.

The research collective is based at the University of Plymouth with key collaborators across global research institutions, charities and thinktanks. The full list of members and partners can be seen below.

NBC News interview
Dr Sana Murrani was interviewed by NBC News for an opinion piece about lived experience of displacement and fleeing war and conflict as part of an article that discusses the issues raised in Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-nominated ‘Belfast’.

Safer Keyham project
Professor Zoë James , Dr Daniel Gilling and Dr Katie McBride have successfully attained the Home Office, D&C Police, OPCC and Plymouth CC funding to evaluate the Safer Keyham project, set up to support the Keyham community following the serious violence incident in August 2021. The significant funding provides among other things a full-time funded PhD student position. This prestigious research will inform national (and international) policy and practice on dealing with serious violence incidents.