Cindy Horst

Research Professor

Email: cindy@prio.org

Mobile phone: +47 405 18 690

X: @CindyMHorst

Research Interests

Culture and violent conflict
Everyday resistance
Active citizenship
Mobility and transnationalism affecting (national) identities
The impact of transnationalism on (post-)conflict situations
Interactions between refugees and the refugee regime
Refugee Livelihoods
Diaspora Engagements
Ethical and Methodological challenges of fieldwork in conflict situations

Cindy Horst
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News & events
Publications
Audio & video

Event

Wednesday, 11 Dec 2024 18:00–21:00 UTC+01

Film Seminar: I Shall Not Hate

Join us for a film screening of the documentary I Shall Not Hate followed by a panel discussion.

Event

22–23 Apr 2024

INSPIRE webportal. Illustration: INSPIRE project

INSPIRE Conference

The INSPIRE project invites you to explore the role of art, artists and creative practice in and after violent conflict and war. Our work is particularly focused on arts and activism in Sudan, Myanmar and amongst exiled artists.

Recorded event

Monday, 11 Dec 2023 15:00–16:00 UTC+01

Recording new Bunuba language songs in Fitzroy Crossing, with Gillian Howell for Tura’s Sound FX project. Photo: Edify Media

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The Power of Voice in Arts-based Dialogues for Justice, Peace, and Intergenerational Healing

Who decides which voices are heard and which stories are told? In this seminar we explore the roles of voice, storytelling, and deep listening as resources for dialogue and peacebuilding.

Event

5–15 Oct 2023

Migration of the Soul. Photo: Khalid Shatta

Rotterdam Residency: Festival Week

In a two-month residency, a group of international artists and researchers have investigated the role of art in collective healing from war-related trauma.

Monograph

2023

Creative resistance: The social justice practices of Monirah, Halleh and Diala

Monograph

Recorded event

Thursday, 15 Jun 2023 09:00–10:00 UTC+02

'Cardboard Camp: Stories of Sudanese Refugees in Lebanon' (2023). Illustration: Omar Khouri

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Visual Storytelling: At the Interface Between Research and Art

How can human lives be explored through comics, animations and paintings of research? How can visual storytelling be used as a fieldwork method, or as a tool of knowledge production? How do researchers best partner with artists and research participants to share knowledge?

Recorded event

Monday, 13 Mar 2023 17:00–18:00 UTC+01

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Resisting Occupation through Art - A Conversation with Ahmed Tobasi

How does occupation affect art and individual artists? Is it possible to look at art from occupied areas without considering the restrictions on freedom and other rights? Is free art possible in occupied territories?

Event

Tuesday, 28 Feb 2023 17:00–18:30 UTC+01

Moving Through War // Creating Art Away From Home: Hooman Sharifi - INSPIRE Seminar Series

In this INSPIRE Seminar, choreographer Hooman Sharifi will share his reflections about art in exile and engage in an informal conversation with the audience - while sharing a meal.

News

Thursday, 14 Nov 2024

Culture Conflict Course, October 2024. Photo: PRIO

PhD level course on Culture, Conflict and Politics

As part of the Norhed project, Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies, PRIO held the PhD level course Culture, Conflict and Politics: Introduction to interpretive theory and methodology, 29-31 October.

Event

Monday, 12 Feb 2024 13:00–14:30 UTC+01

Exhibition: "The Lost Tapes of A Peoples’ Tribunal, 1982"

PRIO’s CCC and Fotogalleriet invite you to visit a exhibition by filmmaker, photographer and media artist Ayman Alazraq. It showcases the material and related documents, sheds light on the significance of individual efforts in preserving historical narratives.

Journal article

2023

Life History Research and the Violence of War: Experiencing Binary Thinking on Pain and Privilege, Being and Knowing

Journal article in Genealogy

News

Wednesday, 27 Sep 2023

Diala Brisly and Khalid Shatta painting during Rotterdam Residency. Photo: Cindy Horst

PRIO Co-Hosts Artist Residency Festival Week in Rotterdam

In a two-month residency, a group of international artists and researchers have investigated how creative practice can enable new ways of seeing, relating to and understanding individual and collective experiences of violent conflict and oppression.

News

Thursday, 17 Aug 2023

PRIO Organizes Rotterdam Art Residency on Collective Healing From War

PRIO is organizing a unique art residency in Rotterdam this autumn.

Recorded event

Monday, 8 May 2023 16:30–18:00 UTC+02

Parallel Histories of Palestine: Art, Archives and Solidarity

Archives are important in preserving history, but how should they be presented or preserved? In this seminar, Palestinian artist Ayman AlAzraq, and PRIO Researcher Cindy Horst, will explore the role of art, history, solidarity and interconnections between insiders and outsiders in conflict.

Event

Monday, 6 Mar 2023 16:30–18:00 UTC+01

Migration of the Soul: A Conversation with Visual Artist Khalid Shatta - INSPIRE Seminar Series

In this INSPIRE Seminar, Sudanese visual artist Khalid Shatta will present his artistic journey from childhood in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan to Norway, with his series 'Migration of the Soul'.

News

Tuesday, 28 Feb 2023

Seminar Days on Art, Conflict & Exile

The PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict is priviledged to host three distinct events on the topic of art - conflict/exile.

Current projects

Project

Jan 2020 – Dec 2025

Inspirational Creative Practice: The Work of Artists after War and Violent Conflict (INSPIRE)

Led by Katarzyna Grabska.

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