Independent documentary filmmaker and anthropologist Eda Elif Tibet and musician Enzo Ikah from Karma Motion collective, the directors of the documentary “Refugee Here I Am”, will be guest speakers in the webinar titled “Creative methods for a new discourse: Karma Motion collective and storytelling.” The webinar will be held on 16th June, Thursday at 16.00 (Turkey time).

In the webinar, which focuses on the story of Karma Motion collective and the documentary "Refugee Here I Am", we will talk about the role of creative methods in combating prejudices and discrimination against refugees, and the power of storytelling to create a new dialogue.

The participation will be available through Zoom meeting. Please apply here to participate via Zoom.

The webinar will also be broadcasted live on Twitter and Youtube channels of the Foundation. 

The language of the event will be in Turkish. There will be a simultaneous translation for Turkish and English.

Registration is only available in the Turkish version of this page. The information and link of the Zoom meeting will be sent after the registration.

Trailer of the documentary

Eda Elif Tibet

Eda Elif Tibet is an independent documentary film maker and a visual anthropologist from Istanbul. She filmed and directed award winning documentary films under her own label Karma Motion, a non-hierarchical collective run by academics, artists and activists. Her recent films are Ait Atta Nomads of the High Atlas (forthcoming, 2020), Awakening a Fairy Tale (2020), Ballad for Syria (2017), Refugee Here I Am (2015), Hey Goat! (2014) AMCHI (2013), 28 Days on the Moon (2012).  She is currently a Post-Doc researcher at the geography institute (University of Bern) and works towards a sensorial ethnography on the transhumance among the Ait Atta tribe in Morocco.  She has obtained her PhD from the University of Bern (Switzerland, 2019) and holds an MPhil degree on Social Anthropology from the University of Kent (UK, 2013). Her research and teaching encompass the relations between postcolonial thought and mobilities, the commons and the sustainability transition movements, sentient ecologies between nature and culture, the application of critical pedagogies, as well as strategies of non-formal education, to social movements and the promotion of participatory action research. 

Enzo Ikah

A political refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, is the owner of the first legal reggae album made in Turkey. His first solo maxi single album "Red, Black & White" was released on 2010. A year later he released his second album "Rainbow" (2011), Revolution (Single June 2013) and his latest album "love is love" (June 2015). Enzo has performed in 31 Turkish cities, in which he has been invited to give talks and perform at many human rights events, consulates, universities, Tv channels and various cultural festivals. Enzo has also acted in the film "Broken mussels" / "Kırık midyeler" and featured at Turkish TV series; Kara Yılan and Kayıp Şehir. Refugee Here I am is Enzo's first feature documentary film in which he acted, composed music for and directed together with Eda Elif Tibet. The documentary film is an autobiographical account of Enzo's inspiring musical journey in Istanbul in which he was awarded with the "star of peace" from Jakarta's World Humanitarian Film Festival. Enzo is dedicated to realize and continue his work on cultural and musical projects among the youth with the Union of the young refugees in Turkey, where he is a founding member of whilst he is currently pursuing an MA on Peace & Conflict Studies at one of Turkey's most prestigious University, at Hacettepe University.