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Mimi and Sofi, two undergraduate students from the University of Essex, took on a paid Frontrunners internship with the University of Essex Library and Cultural Services teams. This is their summary of their experiences.
Sofia Landa Alvarez Del Castillo, Mimi Safira Binti Sabri
28 March 2024
In July 2022, an unprecedented protest movement against corruption, immiseration, and impunity swept Sri Lanka and forced the President to flee the country. One year on, a new exhibition at the University of Essex and a parallel exhibition at Harrow Arts Centre commemorate and contextualize these different struggles at a time of renewed austerity and repression.
Dr Nilanjana Premaratna, Professor Lars Waldorf
04 July 2023