Migrant or Prisoners ?

Migrant or Prisoners ?

Upon watching the video Europe Or Die – Trapped In Bulgaria, there was a particular scene that really stuck with me. This scene happened around 3:48…

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The Privileges of Travel: A Comparison Case

The Privileges of Travel: A Comparison Case

When we think of “travel”, we think a vacation of cruises, beaches, and Instagram-worthy hot spots. When we think of “migration”, we think of sunken…

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Global Migration Film Festival -- Critique

Global Migration Film Festival — Critique

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) or UN Migration Agency held a Global Migration Film Festival in December 2016 and will be holding one in…

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American-ness

American-ness

The layers of privilege and racialization in the service industry through “front of the house” and “back of the house” positions illustrate how the privileged…

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A House Divided

A House Divided

In The Positionality of the Latino– America’s Migrant Worker, Dr. Isabella Alexander dissects the various components that go into classifying how positively or negatively certain…

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How much is a human life worth?

How much is a human life worth?

Francesco Vacchiano’s article “On Frequent Flyers and Boat People: Notes on Europe, Crisis, and Human Mobility” raised many interesting points and critiques on the European…

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Front vs Back of House Work and "Whiteness"

Front vs Back of House Work and “Whiteness”

An interesting common thread between the two articles was “this idea of labor without citizenship, as well as an uncanny recurrence of imperial formations that…

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Perception is Almost as Important as Truth

Perception is Almost as Important as Truth

In Francesco Vacchiano’s piece, On Frequent Flyers and Boat People, Vacchiano addresses the narrative that there are too many bodies crossing borders, and how this…

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Behind the Scenes of Migrant Work

Behind the Scenes of Migrant Work

This idea of having a certain image in the work field sounded more than familiar to me, not just because i have observed it while…

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The Focus on "Illegality"

The Focus on “Illegality”

When addressing the visibility of “illegal immigrants” and the invisibility of the law Nicholas De Genova makes a striking point about the way we understand…

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