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#UCLBetweenBorders: Exploring Spaces of Exclusion and Belonging in Global Migration. @UCLgeography Migration Research Unit Student Conference 2017.
9 June 2017, UCL, London
Joined April 2013
For more information on 'Migration & Society' see: https://t.co/DHHrdYYh0U
@MetteLouiseBerg @RefugeMvingWrld @IOE_London @UCLMigration
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The last of your student organizers signing off from G07! Have a great summer & thank you all once again for joining us! #UCLBetweenBorders
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Read @TahminehEmami's 3-part reimagining here https://t.co/h1zAKYuy5h & follow our project to know when we have published her next piece!
refugeehosts.org
In this piece, the first of three chapters, Tahmineh Hooshyar Emami takes us down the Rabbit Hole in a re-imagination of the classic children’s story Alice in Wonderland, told this time from …
.@TahminehEmami incorporated Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland as a starting point for analyzing how we define our bodies in a given space
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Wine reception going strong to close out #UCLBetweenBorders Student Migration Conference 2017! Thank you to all our presenters and attendees
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Interesting comparison of temporary cities 4 religious festival from @TahminehEmami in response 2 q abt ref. adaptation of camp environment
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Policy tends 2 come from state level, journalism is focused @ regional level; we have 2 interact w both levels -Lien Mostmans @kevinsmets
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versus tragic accounts of suicides. Confusing, not representative of realities.Journalists adapt quickly to established narratives -Lien 2/2
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In Belgium, debate around "constructive journalism"--can become over-romantic in representing "successful" families and individuals 1/2
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"There are different types of temporary" -@TahminehEmami on risk of continuing to use temporary language like "camp" #UCLBetweenBorders
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@TahminehEmami Laura Gallon: depends a lot on skills and experience of author as well. Brings a more human side but can be tricky
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Audience q: does art romanticize refugee experiences? Definite risk, says @TahminehEmami, but in certain cases it is useful tool 4 empathy
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Identity is both vertical across generations and horizontal across cultural identities in given historical/political context -Laura Gallon
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or a ghetto we inhabit to satisfy the dominant world?" pp 126-127, "The Upside-Downness of the World as it Unfolds" #UCLBetweenBorders
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"Who and by what authority is checking our credentials? Is 'authenticity' a home we build for ourselves [...] 1/2
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Identity & cultural appropriation of Hindu practices by white characters in Canada-change in attitude as commodification of difference rises
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Symbolic representation of fading British power, rising American influence, & how both extend & invade interior/exterior borders in Trinidad
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Laura Gallon is our last panelist: presenting on spatial and symbolic borders in the work of Shani Mootoo #UCLBetweenBorders
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Lesson to architects from Calais camp: "cities are not always built the way we want them to be built" -@TahminehEmami #UCLBetweenBorders
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Up next, @TahminehEmami on spaces of inclusion/exclusion + architecture #UCLBetweenBorders See her work on our blog: https://t.co/f379GUUaW1
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