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Movement across borders is always a social movement and a political movement. Citizenship is not just something conferred or denied by the nation-state, but is something crafted and claimed at street level. This module examines geographies of creative activism. It centres on two ideas: first, on migratory activism, tracing the trajectories of movements and struggles in various global configurations; and second, on creative citizenships, imagining ways of belonging not limited to (and moving against) national borders. These twin focusses encourage students to think across scholarly, artistic, and activist worlds, developing creative, collective, and relational ways of thinking and working.

The module opens by following the circulations of activist movements and the development of transnational spaces of resistance, starting in historical settings and working towards the present. We think with global theory and anticolonial imaginations; we connect struggles that are shared across communities. The module then turns to everyday creativities enrolled in practices of emplacement. We explore the politics and poetics of belonging, thinking alongside people who work to unmake borders, and reimagining citizenship as something mobile, creative, and errant. The module concludes by asking how these practices can be applied to our research and work in different urban, cultural, creative and political settings.

Students will develop the following transferable careers skills on this module: Critical Thinking, Team Working, Presentation Skills, Communication: Written and Verbal, Digital Skills: Audio Production.