Moving Stories (2022) is a participatory work which invites people to share their personal stories of moving.
There seems to be a common perception that moving is not good for you; that it creates rootlessness and lack of belonging. Is this true? It seems appropriate to question the primacy of roots over routes in personal geographies.
In our project on empathic understanding of migration through emotional interaction design, we discovered that many members of the research team have rich stories of moving. The title Moving Stories was jotted down on a pink Post-it note during a project workshop. It became the title of both the collective exhibition and this participatory installation.
The work compiles stories of moving—including those of the research team—in order to question the primacy of roots over routes in personal geographies.
This is an invitation to take part in the ongoing project Moving Stories, which is about moving, empathy and knowledge creation.
Share your own story of moving
You are invited to share your moving story through conversation in the exhibition and by submitting it through the Moving Stories online form.
You can take inspiration from these questions:
Where do you live?
Where have you lived?
How has this been for you?
After the exhibition, the shared stories will be compiled in an exhibition booklet together with other material from the project and exhibition. You will receive a booklet as a thank you for sharing your story.
Materials: People, a piece of paper and a mobile device for online contribution
Concept and design: Connie Svabo
Scientific collaboration: Eric K. Hahonou, head of the EMIDEKS project
Curatorial support: Anne Julie Arnfred
The installation is presented as part of the collective exhibition Moving Stories – Exhibition on Emotion and Migration at Roskilde University Library, 22–30 April 2022.
This project is the product of generous dialogue and mutual inspiration from the participants in the EMIDEKS project. We are very grateful for their contributions and support.
The EMIDEKS project is funded by Roskilde University and CIRCLES. We are grateful to RUC FabLab and IT Services for providing electronic components, equipment and support.