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Resources
Our Resource Library contains a range of digital materials, some of which have been commissioned by Cross Borders. They can be used for reference by artists and activists from refugee and other migrant backgrounds practicing in Scotland, and the cultural organisations that work with them.
Types
Regions
![A woman stands in front of a yellow curtain. She is wearing gold jewellery and a white dress. She is smiling at the camera.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/4E1A2825-Edit-1024x683.jpg)
Everyday Hope
A series of podcast interviews by Najma Abukar with people who have lived experience of forced displacement and who are now settled in Scotland.
associates
![A drawing of a smiling woman standing against a red background. She is wearing a white t-shirt which says 'I AM AN IMMIGRANT' in red lettering. The Edinburgh International Festival logo can be seen in the top right corner.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ab6765630000ba8a3b995ff8ee8a7ffdc80fdb54.jpg)
Unapologetically Palestinian
A podcast with Leena Nammari, a Palestinian artist printmaker based in Scotland. Leena talks about her favourite Scottish words, the essential herbs and spices to fill your suitcase with before you leave Palestine, and the feeling that, despite living here for decades, being here still feels temporary.
associates
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Where We Meet
Where We Meet is a good practice resource in care taking and hospitality in the arts and social practice. It has been made for and with artists with lived experience of displacement. It is also for the organisations they/we work with. This resource is a working document commissioned by Cross Borders, a Scottish Refugee Council project.
associates
![A blurred photograph of a rain drenched window. An indiscernible building is visible in the reflection.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/beyond-the-lines-still-1024x574.jpg)
Beyond the Lines
Beyond the Lines is a poetic short film inspired by a collection of texts, sounds and stories by writers from refugee backgrounds now settled in Scotland.
![A screenshot of the Artists at Risk Connection webpage.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-06-at-14.51.15.jpg)
Artists at Risk Connection
Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) safeguards the right to artistic freedom of expression and ensures that artists and cultural professionals everywhere can live and work without fear.
![A screenshot of the On The Move webpage.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-06-at-14.50.54.jpg)
On the Move
On the Move provides resources for artists and culture professionals who want to work internationally.
![A screenshot of the ICORN webpage.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-06-at-14.50.46.jpg)
The International Cities of Refuge Network
ICORN is an independent organisation of cities and regions offering shelter to writers and artists at risk, advancing freedom of expression, defending democratic values and promoting international solidarity.
![A screenshot of the Ettijahat webpage.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-06-at-14.50.35.jpg)
Ettijahat
Ettijahat is a cultural organisation working to promote independent culture across the Arab world. Our main goal is to activate the role of independent artists in enabling cultural, political and social change.
![A screenshot of the PEN webpage.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-06-at-14.50.15.jpg)
Pen International
Promoting literature and defending freedom of expression worldwide since 1921
![A screenshot of the migrants in culture webpage.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-06-at-14.50.03.jpg)
Migrants In Culture
Migrants In Culture is a migrant-led design agency, moving towards a collective capacity to imagine and to live without borders.
![A screenshot of a sample artist contraact.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-06-at-14.54.23-938x1024.png)
FACT – Easy Read Artist Contract
An open source template contract for artists that is accessible, easy to read, and free of jargon by artist Jack Ky Tan. Commissioned by FACT Liverpool.
![A screenshot of the Scottish Artist Union webpage.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-11-at-13.04.52-1024x586.jpg)
Scottish Artists Union
The Scottish Artists Union is the representative voice for visual and applied artists in Scotland.
![A screenshot of the Scottish Contemporary Art Network webpage.](https://cross-borders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/scan-1024x591.jpg)
Scottish Contemporary Art Network
SCAN connects and champions Scotland’s contemporary art community.