MISLEÓR CONVERSATIONS

O’Donoghue Theatre, University of Galway

2pm Friday 30 Sept, 2022

Tickets: Free (booking required)

All ages

Public panel discussions featuring guest artists, activists and leaders from nomadic communities around the world. Sharing diverse perspectives on nomadic identity, the panellists will discuss cultural rights and claiming space for nomadism in today’s society.

This event will also include the screening of the short film Reimagining Life On The Road, which captures the reenactment of a traditional Traveller camp in Ballinasloe during the summer of 2022. The organisers of Ake Dikhea? Festival of Romani Film will also present The Last Nomads, a documentary directed by Daniel Gonzales Franco and Dominic Watters, about the ‘Drive to Survive’ campaign to stop the Police Bill eradicating Gypsy and Traveller nomadic life in Britain. 

Guests include Lisa Smith (Romany Gypsy), Hamze Bytyçi (Roma), Veronika Patočková (RomaTrial), Oein DeBhairduin (Traveller), Alisi Telengut (Mongolian), Vanessa Paszkowska (Roma), Sharyn Ward (Traveller), Timimie Märak (Sámi), Axel Olle Sigurd Andersson (Sámi) and Steo Wall (Traveller). Panel discussions hosted by Galway Traveller Movement.