Development alternatives

A network of artists, activists and academics exploring how the arts can expand civic space, political imagination and development alternatives.

Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York

Professor Paul Gready, Director and Principle InvestigatorCentre for Applied Human Rights, University of York — Professor Paul Gready, Director and Principle Investigator
Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York

Ruth Kelly, ResearcherCentre for Applied Human Rights, University of York — Ruth Kelly, Researcher
Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York

Emilie Flower, Filmmaker (Pica Studios), Associate Researcher and Project Co-ordinatorCentre for Applied Human Rights, University of York — Emilie Flower, Filmmaker (Pica Studios), Associate Researcher and Project Co-ordinator
Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York

Pippa Cooper, Research Administrator and the Human Rights Defender Hub Co-ordinatorCentre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, UK — Pippa Cooper, Research Administrator and the Human Rights Defender Hub Co-ordinator
Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, UK

Co-investigators

Associate Professor Shaela Sharmin, Director Institute of Fine Arts and Artist (Jog Art Space)Chittagong University, Chittagong, Bangladesh — Associate Professor Shaela Sharmin, Director Institute of Fine Arts and Artist (Jog Art Space)
Chittagong University, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Dr Susan Kiguli, Department of Language, Literature and CommunicationsMakerere University, Kampala, Uganda — Dr Susan Kiguli, Department of Language, Literature and Communications
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Professor Emilie Morin, Department of English, Centre for Modern StudiesUniversity of York, York, UK — Professor Emilie Morin, Department of English, Centre for Modern Studies
University of York, York, UK

Kate Carroll, Research, Action Aid

Collaborating Artists and arts PArTNERS

Patience Nitumwesiga, Screenplay Writer,Kampala, Uganda — Patience Nitumwesiga, Screenplay Writer,
Kampala, Uganda

Shohrab Jahan, Sculptor and Installation Artist, Jog Art Space and LecturerChittagong Fine Art Institute, Bangladesh — Shohrab Jahan, Sculptor and Installation Artist, Jog Art Space and Lecturer
Chittagong Fine Art Institute, Bangladesh

Jim Joel, Photographer, 32 Degrees East,Kampala, Uganda — Jim Joel, Photographer, 32 Degrees East,
Kampala, Uganda

Pamela Enyono, Multi media artistkampala. Uganda — Pamela Enyono, Multi media artist
kampala. Uganda

Shishir, BITA

Ribon Khandoker, Associate professor of drama & dramatics,Jahanginagur University, Dhaka, Bangladesh — Ribon Khandoker, Associate professor of drama & dramatics,
Jahanginagur University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Arinaitwe ScoviaRhize Uganda — Arinaitwe Scovia
Rhize Uganda

Hilda,Femwrite — Hilda,
Femwrite

Collabrating Human Rights Defenders and Action Aid Partners

Mary Wandia Wanjiru, International Policy Advisor on Civic ParticipationAction Aid International, Nairobi, Kenya — Mary Wandia Wanjiru, International Policy Advisor on Civic Participation
Action Aid International, Nairobi, Kenya

David Archer, Head of Programme Development,Action Aid International, London, UK — David Archer, Head of Programme Development,
Action Aid International, London, UK

Duniya, Action Aid Bangladesh

Fredrick Kawooya, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Action Aid Uganda

Mukyala Hasifa, Archivist,

Makerere University, Uganda

Lu Mason, Pica Studios

Bappa Chowdhury, Coordinator cultural promotion, BITA, Bangladesh

Chimey Buka, Musician, Uganda

Kazi Alauddin Ali, Executive Director, USS-Nilfamari

Helena Okiring

Alex Atwemereireho

Kaiza

Luna Noor,

Phil Wilmot

Norman Tumuhimbise, The Jobless Brtoherhood, Uganda

Advisory Panel aND Collaborating academics

Professor Jane Plastow, Deputy Director of the Centre for African Studies (LUCAS),University of Leeds — Professor Jane Plastow, Deputy Director of the Centre for African Studies (LUCAS),
University of Leeds

Dr Gerard McCann, Lecturer in Modern History, Centre for Modern Studies, University of York

Aaron Mushengyezi, Dean of School of Languages Literature and Communication, Makerere University

Lilian Nabulime, Senior Lecturer/Sculptor at School of Industrial and Fine Arts

Dr. Samina lutfa Nitra Associate Professor Department of Social Science

Dr. Mahmudul H Sumon, Associate Professor , Department of Anthropology , JU

Sister Dipio

Dr Silvia Tamale, Coordinator of the Gender, Law & Sexuality Research Project at the School of Law