Arika Episode 12: From the Rivers to the Seas | Sat 14 Nov
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Saturday 14th Nov 2026
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Day 4 of Arika’s Episode 12: From the Rivers to the Seas
Five days of film, music, discussion and study.
Time Back
Amilcar Packer
10:30 - 12 noon
Discussion & Publication Launch | Studio
Free & unticketed. First come, first served
Conversation and launch of a publication and interview with Brazilian Indigenous activist and thinker Jera Guarani, whose community at Kelipety near São Paulo extends the practice of ‘land back’ to also reclaim anti-colonial time.
It wasn't history but memory
Harry Josephine Giles, Ailean Dòmhnallach, Babs Nicgriogair, more TBC
1 - 2.30pm
Discussion / Music / Poetry | T4
Free & unticketed. First come, first served
How does Gaelic language and culture look at the world and what does that mean for these islands today? A conversation weaving together music, poetry and discussion which asks what decolonisation means in the Gàidhealtachd and how we can hold the complexity of Scotland’s role in empire?
Content Note: Discussion of the effects of colonialisation and Scotland’s relationship to it.
Access: Live Captioning
Against Innocence
Houria Bouteldja, Ramón Grosfoguel, Françoise Vergès
3 - 4.30pm
Discussion | T4
Free & unticketed. First come, first served
How has the idea of innocence been weaponised to conceal the crimes of colonisation? Three leading anti-colonial thinkers will explore its history and examine how it continues to facilitate colonial systems today.
Access: Live Captioning
Content Note: Discussion of Islamophobia, Homophobia, Antisemitism, colonial violence and genocide.
The Curved Time of Memory
Leda Maria Martins & Pelumi Odubanjo
5 - 6.30pm
Discussion | T1
Ticketed via Sat Evening Pass
A conversation with Leda Maria Martins, one of the most important Brazilian philosophers working today. Known for her writing on performance, theatre, and dance—Leda draws on concepts from Afro-Brazilian experience, worldmaking and syncretic religious frameworks to explore performance in Black life.
Access: Live Captioning & BSL
Content Notes: Discussion of anti-blackness, colonisation, and the slave trade.
I Am Still Alive
Mahmoud Alshaer
7.30 - 7.50pm
Poetry Reading | T1
Ticketed via Sat Evening Pass
Mahmoud is a central figure in cultural life in Gaza. He’ll read from his recent poetry collections I Am Still Alive and A Year on the Abyss of Genocide: two collections of quotidian updates and reflections; vital affirmation of presence and testimony of everyday life in Gaza in a time of genocide.
Access: Live Captioning & BSL
Content Notes: Mahmoud's poetry portrays him and his families experience of living through a genocide under structural state violence. It contains descriptions of violence and suffering.
Toward a Sumudic Cinema
Michel Khleifi, Ayreen Anastas & Rene Gabri
8.10 - 10pm
Screening & Conversation | T1
Ticketed via Sat Evening Pass
Michel Khleifi is considered the founder of contemporary Palestinian cinema. In conversation with Ayreen Anastas, he’ll screen his landmark documentary of anti-colonial time and persistence, Ma'loul Celebrates its Destruction (1984), clips from some other films, and discuss his groundbreaking work.
Access: Films have English subtitling. Discussion is BSL interpreted
Content Notes: References to state violence.
All conversations are Live Captioned and BSL is available for all events after 5pm on Saturday. If you would like to attend an event before 5pm and require BSL interpretation Arika will try to make that happen. To request this, contact Arika, with as much notice as possible, on info@arika.org.uk.
Food will be served by Soul Food Sisters at lunch (12-1pm) and dinner (6-7pm).
Full schedule, programme notes and access details for all Episode events are available on the Arika website.
About Episode Tickets
Evening Passes are Sliding Scale and you can choose what you pay based on your circumstances. The Evening Pass grants you access to the full night of events and Arika encourages you to stay for the full programme.
Produced by Arika
Programmed in collaboration with Counterflows, PANEL, Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies
Supported by Creative Scotland, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Tramway, Glasgow Life and Consulate General of Brazil - Edinburgh
Booking Information
Tickets subject to transaction fees: £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone
Dispatch Charges
E-tickets - Free of charge
Fulfilment Fee - £1.95
Transaction Charges apply as follows
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- Phone up to £1.75
- Counter/in person: Free
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Accessibility guides
Read the Accessibility Guide for Tramway on AccessAble
Large Print and Braille programme material available upon request.
Some performances may also be BSL interpreted, audio described or have further assistance available. Access information for individual events is included in their event listing.
Accessible toilets
Accessible toilets are available on all three levels of Tramway, and come equipped with handrails and emergency pull cords. Please contact Tramway prior to your visit if you have any additional requirements
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs are welcome. We can provide a bowl of water for an assistance dog. The assistance dog toilet area is located to the rear of the building.
Assistance dogs are allowed in the auditorium.
Wheelchair access
There is level access to all Tramway spaces and the cafe, with lift access to the upper spaces.
There are designated spaces for wheelchair users in the theatre.
Baby changing
Baby changing facilities are available on the ground floor
Baby feeding
Breastfeeding is welcome at Tramway
Cafe or restaurant
Full table service is not available. Food or drinks can be ordered at the counter and will be brought to the table.
No tables are permanently fixed. No chairs are permanently fixed.
Menus are hand held only, but are clearly presented in contrasting colours. Menus are not available in Braille.
Parking
On street only
Photography and video recording
At times, Glasgow Life will be on the premises to film and take photos.
The public are only permitted to record and take photos where explicit permission has been granted in advance.
Free wifi
There is free Wi-Fi available at Tramway, which you can access by registering through Facebook or an online form. Once registered, you can access free Wi-Fi whenever you are at Tramway.
Please note, Tramway does not offer a cloakroom or bag storage service. During large-scale and busy events bag searches may be in operation and bags larger than A3 size will not be admitted to the venue.
Location Map
Tramway is a post-industrial venue with a range of unique and versatile spaces, popular with private and corporate clients looking for a venue ‘with a difference’. Tramway is an ideal space for performances, exhibitions, private viewings, seminars, meetings and smaller scale functions.
Visit Tramway's venue hire web page to find out more.