Disputas Master Mizanur Rahman
Master of Philosophy in Public Administration Mizanur Rahman disputerer for ph. d.- graden i humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap, fagområde sosialantropologi/statsvitenskap og vil offentlig forsvare avhandlingen
«Art as Refugee Voices: Artistic Practices, Memory, Networks, and Constraints among Rohingya Refugees»
Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig i /The doctoral Thesis are available in Nasjonalt vitenarkiv.
Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15 på SVHUM B-1005
"Refugee Camps as Political, Humanitarian, and Artistic Spaces"
Prøveforelesningen vil bli strømmet her/The trial lecture will be streamed here.
Disputasen starter kl. 12.15, samme sted og vil bli strømmet her/The disputation starts at 12.15 the same place and will also be streamed here.
Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i en måned.
A recording of the disputation will be available for one month.
Populærvitenskaplig sammendrag av avhandlingen:
More than a million Rohingya refugees live in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh — stateless, confined, and rarely heard. This dissertation asks how they nevertheless make themselves heard: through poetry, song, painting, murals, and photography. Drawing on 61 interviews with camp artists, aid workers, and diaspora artists across three rounds of fieldwork (2023–2025), and a case study of the camp-based Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre, the study shows that art has become a vital channel for voice, memory, and identity. Refugees compose songs about lost homes in Myanmar, paint the walls of the camps, and share their work with the world through social media. Yet their voice is negotiated: aid organizations' policies, camp rules, and other constraints shape what can be said — and who gets heard. The findings can help aid agencies and policymakers support artistic expression.
Veiledere:
Hovedveileder førsteamanuensis Mohammad M. Salehin, UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Biveileder professor Ana Luisa Sanchez Laws, UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Bedømmelseskomité:
professor PhD Mohammad Farhad Hossain. University of Manchester. 1. opponent
research Professor PhD Sarah A. Tobin. Chr. Michelsen Institute. 2. opponent
forsker ph.d. Bjarge Schwenke Fors. UiT Norges arktiske universitet. Leder av komité
Disputasleder:
avdelingsdirektør Eira Johanna Ikävalko, Senter for geopolitikk, fred og sikkerhet.
De som ønsker å opponere ex auditorio kan sende e-post til leder av disputas johanna.ikaevalko@uit.no innen kl. 14.00 disputasdagen.