#UCLBetweenBorders: Exploring Spaces of Exclusion and Belonging in Global Migration. @UCLgeography Migration Research Unit Student Conference 2017.
9 June 2017, UCL, London
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For more information on 'Migration & Society' see: journals.berghahnbooks.com/m… @MetteLouiseBerg @RefugeMvingWrld @IOE_London @UCLMigration
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 refugeehosts.org/2017/02/06/… & follow our project to know when we have published her next piece! nitter.cf/UCLMigration/status/87…
.@TahminehEmami incorporated Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland as a starting point for analyzing how we define our bodies in a given space
Wine reception going strong to close out #UCLBetweenBorders Student Migration Conference 2017! Thank you to all our presenters and attendees
Interesting comparison of temporary cities 4 religious festival from @TahminehEmami in response 2 q abt ref. adaptation of camp environment
Policy tends 2 come from state level, journalism is focused @ regional level; we have 2 interact w both levels -Lien Mostmans @kevinsmets
versus tragic accounts of suicides. Confusing, not representative of realities.Journalists adapt quickly to established narratives -Lien 2/2
In Belgium, debate around "constructive journalism"--can become over-romantic in representing "successful" families and individuals 1/2
"There are different types of temporary" -@TahminehEmami on risk of continuing to use temporary language like "camp" #UCLBetweenBorders
Laura Gallon: depends a lot on skills and experience of author as well. Brings a more human side but can be tricky
Audience q: does art romanticize refugee experiences?
Definite risk, says @TahminehEmami, but in certain cases it is useful tool 4 empathy
Identity is both vertical across generations and horizontal across cultural identities in given historical/political context -Laura Gallon
or a ghetto we inhabit to satisfy the dominant world?" pp 126-127, "The Upside-Downness of the World as it Unfolds" #UCLBetweenBorders
"Who and by what authority is checking our credentials? Is 'authenticity' a home we build for ourselves [...] 1/2
Identity & cultural appropriation of Hindu practices by white characters in Canada-change in attitude as commodification of difference rises
Symbolic representation of fading British power, rising American influence, & how both extend & invade interior/exterior borders in Trinidad
Laura Gallon is our last panelist: presenting on spatial and symbolic borders in the work of Shani Mootoo #UCLBetweenBorders
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: refugeehosts.org/tag/tahmine…
