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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/balid-informal-literacy-discussion-what-
 is-the-role-of-faith-literacies-and-identities-in-times-of-crises/
SUMMARY:BALID Informal Literacy Discussion: What is the role of faith liter
 acies and identities in times of crises?
DESCRIPTION:19 June 2025\, 14:00–15:30 BST\nREGISTER TO JOIN ONLINE\nLed 
 by the Centre for Language\, Culture and Learning\, Goldsmiths University 
 of London\nIn this Informal Literacy Discussion\, a panel of researchers a
 nd practitioners will draw from their ongoing work to explore the challeng
 e question: what is the role of faith literacies and identities in times o
 f crises? The panel discussion marks the celebration of this year’s Refu
 gee Week with the theme Community as Superpower.\nWhy faith literacies and
  why now?\nFaith is an important driving force in public life\, and it is 
 intertwined with the everyday experiences – including learning and liter
 acy practices – of many individuals and communities. However\, it is fre
 quently overlooked\, marginalised or even vilified. The normalisation of r
 eligiously motivated bias and violence alongside the proliferation of dehu
 manising representations or misrepresentations of religious communities of
 fline and online underscore the urgent need for a renewed attention on the
  role of faith in shaping literacy practices\, identities and agencies. Th
 is focus is even more significant in light of today’s intersecting crise
 s – from the wars\, conflicts and forced migration to climate injustice\
 , global inequalities\, persistent poverty and mental health challenges. H
 ow might faith play a role in the way individuals and communities ‘make 
 sense of’ and respond to these urgent challenges?\nThis focus emerges ag
 ainst the backdrop of increased plurality and diversity of religious and n
 on-religious beliefs\, experiences and practices amplified by global migra
 tion and settlement patterns. The seminar is framed within a social practi
 ce approach to literacy and considers faith as a cultural practice that is
  historically situated and embedded in specific local and global contexts 
 (Street 1984\, Heath 1983\, also Lytra et al 2016).\nPanellists\nDr Naomi 
 Thompson\, Reader in Youth and Community Work\, Goldsmiths University of L
 ondon\nDr Ana Souza\, Universidade Federal de Goiás and University of Bra
 sília (Brazil)\, Oxford Brookes University and Goldsmiths University of L
 ondon (England)\nSamia Rahman\, PhD Researcher\, Goldsmiths University of 
 London\nSoheir Abaza\, PhD Researcher\, Goldsmiths University of London\nN
 aeim Maleki\, PhD Researcher University of East Anglia and BALID Committee
  Member\n \nDiscussant\nDr Vally Lytra\, Reader in Languages and Educatio
 n\, Centre for Language Culture and Learning\, Goldsmiths University of Lo
 ndon\n \nChair\nDr Chris Millora\, Lecturer in Education\, Goldsmiths Uni
 versity of London and BALID Committee member
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