Driving Change: Voices, Photographs, and Findings from a Collaborative Research Project in Mining Areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo
This wrap-up event and photo exhibition will share findings from the FWO-funded project Driving Change: Putting small-scale producers in the driver’s seat of battery-mineral supply chain regulation.
Programme
🕝 Part One (2:30–4:30 PM – live & online)
- Presentations by project researchers, including Patricia Kashala (Congolese NGO staff)
- Launch of working/discussion papers
- Presentation of outreach document Who Decides? Understanding the Involvement of Different Players in the Artisanal Minerals Sector in the DRC, developed in collaboration with Lubumbashi artist Melissa Jina.
🕟 Part Two (4:30–6:30 PM, live event):
- Presentations by PhD candidates and Driving Change researchers Espérant Mwishamali Lukobo & Hadassah Arian
- Photography exhibition including the photo exhibition DRC’s Cobalt by Hadassah Arian and Nathan Bushiru
- Reception and informal networking
Photo credit: Nathan Bushiru