Art, Data & Story: The Role of ADT-Assisted and Arts-Based Approaches in Shaping Migration Narratives
- Date
- June 01, 2026
- Time
- 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
- Location
- Hybrid: In person at the University of Oxford and online
- Open To
- All
Convened by Dr. Zhixi Zhuang, Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, Bridging Divides researcher and Visiting Academic at the University of Oxford, this seminar brings together interdisciplinary researchers from Bridging Divides in Canada, scholars from COMPAS (external link) at the University of Oxford, the United States, and Europe, to explore how digital tools and arts-based methodologies influence the production, interpretation, and circulation of narratives about migration.
This event is hybrid. Attendance is free, and all are welcome. Light refreshments provided for in-person attendees.
Download the poster (PDF) here: (PDF file) Art, Data & Story (external link) and view the full programme for the day here: (PDF file) Art, Data & Story full programme (external link) .
Panel 1: Superdiversity & Data Visualisation
Featuring:
- Michael Keith, Director of COMPAS, UK
- Steven Vertovec, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, Germany
- Daniel Hiebert, Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and Bridging Divides researcher
- Philip Kasinitz, Presidential Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, US
- Van Tran, Professor of Sociology, International Migration Studies, Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, US
Panel 2: Welcoming Cities, Welcoming Infrastructure
Featuring:
- Professor Zhixi Zhuang, Associate Director, Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, and Bridging Divides researcher
- Melissa Weihmayer, Researcher, Global Exchange on Migration, COMPAS, UK
- Melissa Kelly, Lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK
- Cathy Yang Liu, Distinguished University Professor, Georgia State University, US
Panel 3: Arts-Based Participatory Methodologies
Featuring:
- Yvonne Su, Associate Professor, York University, Canada
- Cyrus Sundar Singh, Filmmaker, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada, and Bridging Divides affiliated researcher
- Annie Wan, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada, Bridging Divides researcher
- Rob McNeil, Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, COMPAS, UK
- Stuart Fowkes, Founder of Cities and Memory, Oxford, UK
