Interweaving threads of migration and climate justice

This collective is a Somali feminist art group based in Bristol, led by Ayan Cilmi and Fozia Ismail. Applying Somali nomadic stories and artistic practices to support the Somali diaspora to find joy and healing as a way of building a just climate future.

Kaajal Modi is a multidisciplinary artist-researcher in climate heritage whose creative practice incorporates sensoriality, embodiment and storytelling in order to co-create with diverse communities (human, microbial and ecological). 

Sovay Berriman's work is rooted in the experience of being Cornish, neurodivergent, queer and from a low socio-economic background – the grounding and mutable aspects of these identities, emotions and politics informing their sense of place and practice. 

Jim Scown is Lecturer in Environmental Humanities at the University of Exeter, co-director of the Centre for Environmental Arts and Humanities, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission advisor and BBC New Generation Thinker. His research focuses on the intersections of soils, literature and science. 

Jelena Sofronijevic is a producer, curator, writer, and researcher. Their curatorial projects include Invasion Ecology (2024) and EMPIRE LINES, a podcast that uncovers the unexpected flows of empires through art. Their work makes complex ideas accessible, not simple, and platforms perspectives often excluded from representation in anti-colonial and environmental activism.