Women in Transition
8th- 13th March 2021
Curated by Joyce Jacca, Anouska Kobus, Eva-Dawn Speight, Husseina Hamza, Kate Gillies, Shiori Adachi And Sister Jahsunray.
About:
This project takes its impetus from the history of the Pepys Resource Centre and the Deptford People’s Heritage Museum, which was initiated by women - the majority of whom from African, Caribbean and South American backgrounds- to support the local community. During International Women’s Week 2021, the Museum held a series of events bringing women together to discuss their experiences, responses and largely unrecognised labour in supporting their families and communities during Covid19. The events invited women to bring objects and interpret them through a radical ‘list-making’ methodology developed in collaboration with Dr Jorella Andrews, the results of which will be shared in an online exhibition following the project.
︎Click to see a PDF of events which where held during the week.
One of the events held was ‘Women and their Experience of the Pandemic’. Hosted by Shiori Adachi, 8th March 2021.
About:
An International Exchange.
A closed cross-cultural conversation between women in Fukuoka, Japan and Deptford with objects and stories. This event asks women to reflect on how they have spent their days during the pandemic to find similarities and differences.
Collage of objects brought to the meeting by participants.
This collaboration resulted in a research file titled ‘How Do Women Survive A Pandemic? Women’s Voices from Deptford & Fukuoka’, 2021, compiled and edited by Shiori Adachi.
︎(Click to visit the ‘Women in Transition’ website and virtual exhibtion)