One Summer in Damak: Glimpses of Life in a Bhutanese Refugee Camp, the product of this summer’s student research trip to Nepal, opened September 12 and runs through Spring 2012 semester. With little hope of returning to Bhutan or being welcomed as citizens of Nepal, the refugees depicted in this 60-plus photograph exhibit confront resettlement to third countries including the United States, with many moving to Durham and surrounding communities. However, within this context of insecurity and uncertainty, they have created lives filled with beauty, work, leisure, school, worship, family, and friends.

The exhibit is part of the Kenan Institute’s Bhutanese Resettlement Project, a multi-site community-based research project in eastern Nepal and Durham exploring the effects of resettlement upon Bhutanese refugees.

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Contact Lou Brown for more information.