You are cordially invited to an evening exhibition showcasing powerful images and narratives from the VISAR research, revealing how everyday objects can illuminate understanding and lived experiences of racism, resistance, belonging and hope.
Taking place from 5–6pm on Thursday 29th October, 2026, the event invites social workers and others to pause, reflect and consider how seeing and understanding these stories can inspire meaningful action in practice and beyond. Viewing of the exhibition will be followed by a short talk by Prospera Tedam.
Program
5.00pm Exhibition open for viewing (2nd Floor of the Hanna Sheehy Skeffington Building) It will be signposted from the ground floor entrance.
Refreshments will be available in A207 (meeting room on 2nd Floor) where a 4 minute video of some of the objects will be showing on loop.
5:40pm Short talk by Prospera Tedam & reflections on the exhibition.
Parking on campus is free and available from 5.00pm.
Researchers
Professor Prospera Tedam, UCD.
Her profile can be accessed here https://people.ucd.ie/prospera.tedam/about
Professor Mark Doel, Emeritus Professor at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Prof Doel is a registered social worker with twenty years’ community-based social work practice. He has experience as a social work teacher and training consultant, practice educator (field instructor), doctoral supervisor and external examiner, Head of School of Social Work, and as a researcher, project director and Principal Investigator. As an author, co-author and editor, Mark has published 23 books, plus many scholarly articles and chapters and works of fiction; he has experience as a journal editor, a reviewer and journal Board member. Mark has lived and worked in the US, has extensive experience in eastern Europe and works alongside community activists in Kolkata, India. He is Honorary Professor at Tbilisi State University, Georgia, where he recently completed an oral history, Soviet Georgia in 20 Objects. He is a previous Vice-President of the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG).
