Sabrin Hasbun

Transnational writer using creative non-fiction and multilingual writing to explore histories of minorities
United Kingdom (residence), Italy (citizenship) °1989
research interests: creative writing, performative writing, History, Palestine, autofiction, autoethnography
affiliation: Bath Spa University and Exeter University
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Sabrin Hasbun is an Italian-Palestinian transnational writer. She has always had to mediate between two cultures and every day for her is a journey across borders. She studied literary theory at the University of Pisa, the Sorbonne University and Bath Spa University where she is now finishing her PhD in Creative Writing and History in collaboration with Exeter University and with AHRC funding support. Her research focus on using creative non-fiction and multilingual writing to explore histories of minorities. She has recently worked as writer, editor and translator for the Embassy of Palestine to the Holy See, the international journal Transnational Literature, and Tuscany Now and More. 

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  • The application of creative practice as a means of disrupting or re-defining the dynamics of power in, with or for different communities. (2022) author(s): Sabrin Hasbun, Gareth Osborne, Rachel Carney, Julika Gittner, Catherine Cartwright, agnes villette, Harry Matthews published in: Journal for Artistic Research
    In this exposition, seven research practitioners investigate how creative practice can be applied as a form of knowledge production in order to disrupt or re-define the dynamics of power in a range of different contexts. These applications of creative practice take varied and complex forms, often transferring creativity from the practitioner-researcher to their participants, increasing participant agency or re-defining existing hierarchies, as they form, empower, and enlighten real and conceptual communities. This collaborative exposition has been developed through presentations and discussions over the course of two years. Although each researcher applies different methodologies to their individual projects, our work as a group followed a pattern of creative practice, reflection, and reformulation, as we responded to each other’s research, creating a research community of our own. We want to emphasize that creative practice can not only disrupt or re-define the dynamics of power in a range of different contexts, but that it can do this in an infinite number of ways. In this variety and adaptability lies the potential of creative research.
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