52 Squares
Diversity in Everyday Life Exhibition
Date & time
27 October - 31 October 2025
Event format
Attend event in person
Event type
Exhibition
Event topic
Health and wellbeing, My local area
Audience
All
Academic discipline
Human geography, Social statistics and demography
Venue
James McCune Smith Learning Hub, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QW
What's on offer?
The exhibition shows a selection of photographs of mundane moments in everyday life, and their interpretations by the illustrator.
The event invites participants to explore everyday life in cities and neighbourhoods, and celebrate the diversity in it in a fun way through photography and illustration.
The exhibition launch is on the 27th October, 1 pm, at the James McCune Smith Learning Hub Foyer, with a short panel discussion and Q&A facilitated by Dr Alison McCandlish.
What's it about?
“52 Squares: Diversity in Everyday Life” is an exhibition discussing diversity in urban life and questions how the same moments can be interpreted in different ways by different individuals.
Who's leading the event?
Produced by Dr Bilge Serin and illustrator Funda Mengilli. Dr Bilge Serin is an urbanist and social scientist working on everyday life, cities, and contemporary urban experience. Funda Mengilli is a children’s book illustrator.
Open to
Anyone is welcome
Of particular interest to
Anyone interested in diversity in urban life and how the same moment can be interpreted differently by individuals.
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