CRITIQUE | Amnesty International's #LookBeyondBorders Campaign

CRITIQUE | Amnesty International’s #LookBeyondBorders Campaign

Breaking Barriers and Fostering Empathy in Europe  “Look Beyond Borders” is a five minute short film and social experiment, created by Amnesty International Poland and…

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The innocence of all

The innocence of all

While intended to mobilize action, the function of innocence in our view of the migrant, as Ticktin argues, only further contributes to limited and harmful…

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Moving and Changing Innocence

Moving and Changing Innocence

Much of what how we discuss migration is if and how much a migrant deserves resettlement into a new country. In our class discussions, we…

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Mental Image Matters

Mental Image Matters

As the weeks go on, I am progressively learning how truly complex the Migrant crisis is. No wonder it is so hard to “fix” ;…

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Social Constructions Surrounding Innocence and Helplessness

Social Constructions Surrounding Innocence and Helplessness

Ticktin’s article really opened my eyes to the social constructions of innocence and its consequences. One of the statements which really resonated with me was:…

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Power Shift of Innocence

Power Shift of Innocence

Innocence, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is freedom from legal guilt of a particular crime or offense. Based on Ticktin’s article, my questions are, have we…

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Lost Space and Time

Lost Space and Time

Ironically, humans migrating into German borders become lost into discrimination, prison-like camps, and other forms of violence that resemble that of the Holocaust. People disappear…

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The Cost of Political Recognition

The Cost of Political Recognition

  “One can either be a citizen or a human but not both.” (44) This statement in Miriam Ticktin’s paper “Where ethics and politics meet:…

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The Dangers of Humanitarianism

The Dangers of Humanitarianism

The use of the politics of humanitarianism to degrade humans into bodies that are viewed as less than human in France is not something that…

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Reducing Migrants to Their Border Crossing Experiences

Reducing Migrants to Their Border Crossing Experiences

“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…

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