Migration and Visual Culture: A Theological Exploration of identity, Catholic Imagery and Popular culture among Polish Young People

Funded by the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Project this research project explores the shifting nature of religious belief in contemporary Britain through visual research methods.

Sacred Images Exhibition 25th‐26th January 2011

The Chapel Strand Campus, Kings College, London

Photographs Exhibition, featuring photos taken by the Polish participants living in Plymouth, England. The Chapel is being used by kind permission of the Dean of King’s College.

Private View and Reception

16:30 ‐ 18.30 Wednesday 26th January 2011

Research Days, Waterloo Campus, King’s College London

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Presentation of Research Findings for Researchers, Doctoral Students and Academics

Kings College London, Waterloo Bridge Wing Room G/8

11:00‐12:30 ‘Searching for Home: a report of a visual ethnographic study of belief, identity and the sacred among Polish Young People in Plymouth, UK’
12:30‐13.30 Lunch
13.30‐15:00 ‘Visual Methods: Using photographs to study concepts of the sacred and identity’

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Presentation of Research Findings for Youthworkers and Clergy

Kings College London, Waterloo Bridge Wing Room G/8

11:00‐12:30 ‘Searching for Home: a report of a visual ethnographic study of belief, identity and the sacred among Polish Young People in Plymouth, UK’
12:30‐14.00 Lunch
14.00‐15:30 ‘Implications of the findings for theology and Catholic youth work: a discussion’

Directions to the Waterloo Campus and the Strand Campus can be found at:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/campuses/

To Book a Place at these sessions or to attend the Private View Please RSVP
to: Dr Pete Ward – peter.ward@kcl.ac.uk