“We’ve been here for 10 days, but I’ve been here on this island for 21 days.” – Omar, Syrian Migrant “They have to wait. Five…
Morrocco has been a pub of conflict for Africa-European migration, representing the hidden and lost identities of the migrants stuck in limbo as well as…
Christiana Giordano’s commentary on catastrophe was very eye-opening in that it illustrate how we often perceive certain concepts through one rigid perspective that is dictated…
The short video My Escape From Syria: Europe or Die brought to light the many fears migrants from Syria face as they escape to Europe…
I have always been interested in videos or artistic pieces/expressions that use role reversals to communicate a certain message, even though it can…
In her article “Catastrophes”, Cristiana Giordano discusses the sub-surface problem of addressing the migrant crisis as precisely that, a “crisis”. While the entire issue is…
Many of the migrants in Bulgaria are fleeing either Syria or Afghanistan. When Greece invested three million in their border control it led to a…
“Catastrophes” by Cristiana Giordano explores the idea of the perceived temporality of the “migrant crisis”. Giordano explains how the perpetuation that the crisis (and the…
In the blog post, Catastrophes, by Christiana Giordano, she makes several points on the effects of labeling events and situations as “catastrophes.” But these “catastrophes”…
I watched the VICE video “People Smuggling in Sicily” and was exposed to an entirely new side of the trafficking business – the land smuggling…
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