Inaugural lecture: Professor Laura Jeffery - Anthropology, advocacy and action

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Professor Laura Jeffery, Chair of Anthropology of Migration, from the School of Social and Political Science, presents her inaugural lecture entitled Anthropology, advocacy and action: reclaiming Chagos after displacement.
With introduction and closing remarks by Professor John Devaney, Head of School.

Media credits:

The following audio clips are available open access from http://filoumoris.com and featured with the permission of the artists and the website owner:

Ferlevenn (Novena) by Rita Elysé, performed by Mimose Furcy and the Chagos Tambur Group (2004)

La Perle II vinn ambulans (The Pearl II became an ambulance) by Lisette Talate performed with the Chagos Tambour Group (2004)

Peros Vert (Green Peros) by Ton Vié (2002)

Film clip of the song Péi natal by Charlesia Alexis, with permission, from John Pilger's Stealing a Nation (2004).

Music video clip of the song Mo ti ena 13 an by Mimose Furcy, performed by Mary Joyce Mercida, from the Chagos Tambour Group (2018) album. Learn more about the album here: https://chagos.online/exhibits/show/ctgexhibit/ctgalbumintro

Photos -

Slide 1 – credit Laura Jeffery (https://chagos.online/exhibits/show/music_song_dance/item/125)

Slide 3 – credit Sciennes Primary School photographers

Slide 4 – credit Andrew Clements

Slide 7 – clockwise from top left credit Laura Jeffery; Jenny Rabouine; Andrew Clements

Slide 8 – credit Laura Jeffery and Rebecca Rotter

Slide 10 – left Official United Nations World Map 20 February 2020; right Manchester University Press 2011

Slide 11 – Google images (all Creative Commons licenses)

Slide 12 – credit Jean-Noël Pierre

Slide 14 – Google images (all Creative Commons licenses)

Slide 16 – Google images (all Creative Commons licenses)

Slide 18 – left Google image (Creative Commons license); right credit L’express (https://lexpress.mu/article/291583/fernand-mandarin-ardent-defenseur-cause-chagossienne-nest-plus)