The online fair will be hosted on this website in the lead up to in-person event. Continue checking back or follow us on our social media to get updates as new contributions are shared.

The in-person Fair will be held from 11.30AM - 3.30PM on Monday 16th September 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland. Our in-person event is aimed at engaging with Black heritage researchers and students. We thank you for your understanding of the importance of providing safe spaces for people who are often marginalised or isolated within research spaces.

The Fi Wi Road Fair is an online and in person fair which takes place every year as the culmination of the Fi Wi Road Internship. This year's fair ‘Redefining Geography’ is the creative vision of our ‘Fi Wi Road (Our Road): Freeing Up Futures for Black British Geographers’ 2024 interns.

The Fair has emerged from the work of the Fi Wi Road Internship Cohort of 2024. The interns are leading it alongside the Fi Wi Road Internship Co-Ordinators. These team members are responsible for moderating both the in person and online Fair.

We’re looking to showcase contributions from people all around the world as part of our online, open-access fair. We welcome contributions of all kinds and mediums from Black heritage students, academics, or independent researchers regardless of their discipline or career stage. Your contribution can be in any language of your choice.

You can navigate to the ‘Call for Contributions page’ to make a submission for the 2024 Fair. Responses to this call will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we aim to respond to you within 5 working days. Submissions will be accepted up until the 13th September 2024

If you have a query or concern about the accessibility of the online Fair platform we would appreciate you highlighting this to us.

The Fair will be held at the University of Glasgow, and all of the event spaces will be wheelchair accessible.

The in-person Fair will involve crowds, as well as music and other stimulants. While we have systems in place to manage these, we must highlight that this may be overwhelming for those with additional sensory considerations. If attending in person, members of the team will be able to direct you towards a quiet place on campus if necessary.

Any questions around access should be directed towards cynthia@fiwiroad.co.uk

You can explore the contributions to the online archive once we release the first batch of submissions. The in person programme of panel sessions will be released via our website and on social media closer to the date of the event.

You can check back on the website to find this information once it is available, or follow us on social media to find out when this will be.

The Fi Wi Road internship is a 3 month Summer internship aimed at Black heritage undergraduates studying Geography or the Geosciences. Through group sessions, one-to-one mentoring, skills workshops, and hands-on research experience, the ‘Fi Wi Road’ internship supports Black students in building networks, voice and experience, encouraging them to stay within a discipline in which black geographers are consistently under-represented, and often brutally marginalised and squeezed out.

Navigate to the ‘About Us’ page to find out more about the internship.