Reimagining Digital Identity exhibition

An exhibition of drawings by Karen refugees from the Thailand-Myanmar border.

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University of London, Malet Street, London, UK

This exhibition is part of a wider research project (http://www.redid.net) that explores how Karen refugees in Thailand experience digital identity (biometric) systems. In order to inform the development of fair identity systems which respond to the needs of refugees, we invited our interlocutors to engage in a process of reimagining what an ideal identification system would look like from their point of view. The exhibition showcases the artwork of Karen refugees who live in a refugee camp along the Thailand - Myanmar border. The artists produced drawings and other artefacts as part of participatory art workshops in response to the following prompt: