Project team
Our deepest thanks to all the contributors for sharing so openly about their histories of the border and for trusting us in documenting them.
The seeds of the Remembering Refuge project were planted in 2018 by three friends and collaborators, Julie, Grace, and Johanna, who were concerned with how the political landscape of the time was portraying people seeking safety and security across the Americas.
Many hands were involved in the development of the counter-archive including community outreach, interpretation, translation, research, content creation and management. Special thanks to digital designer Silvia Gonzalez for breathing life into the oral histories and our collective - and emergent - vision.
Thanks to the University of Lethbridge graduate research assistants who supported this project: Mariah Besplug, Ryley Gelinas, and Wael Nasser.
Collaborators
Silvia Gonzalez, Digital Designer
Johanna Reynolds, Researcher
Grace Wu, Researcher
Julie Young, Researcher
Research process
All participants in Remembering Refuge have provided their consent to publically share their life histories, personal experiences, and historical perspectives. Most names of participants are pseudonyms.
Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Interviews conducted in Spanish made use of an interpreter and transcripts were translated into English. Any person involved with this project, including any research assistants, translators, interpreters, and transcribers, signed a confidentiality agreement promising not to share any personal information, without consent from the participant.
Once interviews were complete, we gave participants the opportunity to review audio and video recordings and photographs and tell us if they would like any parts left out of the public website. Participants decided whether to share an audio recording and/or text-based transcript. Participation in this project was voluntary and participants were given the option to withdraw from the study at any time.
The information that has been included on the project website will remain online until further notice.
Funding support
The counter-archive is the primary output of a research project funded by a grant from the National Geographic Society. This research was also undertaken, in part, thanks to funding from the Canada Research Chairs Program and the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Lethbridge.
Contact us
For more information, please contact rememberingrefuge at gmail dot com.