Film Night and Public Lecture: Visibility of the Invisible - Social Exclusion and Access

Organised by the Malta Sociological Association and the Department of Sociology, University of Malta

Friday 29 November, 6-8pm

Faculty of Arts Library, University of Malta, Msida.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3346120725428753/

Projection of movies:

IT HAS STARTED (14:30)

Authors: Dalibor Vuckovic & Ljiljana Cumura 

Production: Center „Living Upright“, Novi Sad

Serbia, 2005

An emotional story showing the process of art and music workshop held in 2005 with youngsters with combine disabilities from Daily Care of Center for Cerebral Palsy South Backa district Novi Sad, Serbia. 

FLYING HIGH (12:26)

Author: Mariana Economu
Production: Cerebral Palsy Greece

Greece, 2004

The film presents a creative experience of artistic combination (theater, dance, music, story-telling, drawing) in the work with artists with disabilities on different projects from 1995-2002. There are no limits when art acts. 

Public lecture:

VISIBILITY OF THE INVISIBLE – SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND ACCESS Speaker: Ljiljana Cumura

Ljiljana Cumura is a master in sociology, researcher and youth worker. Her expertise and research focuses are on sociology, methodology of teaching, disability politics, youth & community studies, participatory action research methodology, integration and migration. She implemented more than hundred projects and researches all over the Europe. Some of them are recognized as examples of good practice and are present in numerous scientific journals. Ljiljana holds ten awards for great impact in journalism, education, intercultural learning, music, documentary film, youth work, victimology and social welfare. She is visiting lecturer on VCC Academy Poland/CPS Academy Serbia for module “Project Management and EU Funds” and active member of Malta Sociological Association. 

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