NEXUS: The Belonging Research Network hosts Julie Ham

Julie Ham, Christine Vicera & Jemima Joy Gbadago

This presentation discusses the linkages between knowledge production and cultural production through creative works produced by migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, a global city characterized by diverse and creative domestic worker communities. Through creative works produced by migrant domestic workers, such as video, photography, and writing, we discuss the knowledges that emerge about labour migration, and the work that stories and art do in local and global discourses. In doing so, we argue that collaborating on creative endeavours with migrant domestic worker communities requires an astute understanding of the structural context in which creative labour emerges, and the interactions between narratives driven by migrant domestic workers and narratives tailored for diverse publics.