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Presentation/Lecture | 2024

Panel Conversation: Art as Resistance

Liv Tønnessen (2024)
CMI's annual lecture 12.03.2024
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https://www.cmi.no/events/3242-art-as-resistance-ahmed-umars-stories

A panel conversation on art, the politics of resistance, and authoritarianism after a keynote by Ahmed Umar

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https://www.cmi.no/events/3242-art-as-resistance-ahmed-umars-stories

Liv Tønnessen

Director of Center on Law and Social Transformation and Senior Researcher
  • liv.tonnessen@cmi.no
  • +47 90224104

Matthew Gichohi

Post Doctoral Researcher
  • matthew.gichohi@cmi.no

Ruba El Melik

Katarzyna Grabska

Ahmed Umar

Rights Activism under Political Uncertainty (RightAct)

Sep 2021 - Dec 2026
  • Sudan

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