TRACES OF MOBILITY, VIOLENCE AND SOLIDARITY: RECONCEPTUALIZING CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH THE LENS OF MIGRATION.
THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DOCUMENT AND CO-PRODUCE MEMORY-MAKING PRACTICES IN DIFFERENT SITES ALONG MIGRATION ROUTES FROM AFRICA TO EUROPE, AND TO EXPLORE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE PRACTICES FOR PUBLIC MEMORY, POLITICAL THEORY AND ACTION TOWARDS JUSTICE
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INVESTIGATES

It investigates the political and social memory generated by migrants’ presence and by contemporary mobile experiences of struggle and solidarity, exploring how these are remembered or forgotten through intangible, private, local and digital forms, within multiscalar and heterogeneous arenas.

RECONCEPTUALIZES

It draws on these processes to reconceptualize cultural heritage and theorize its relationship to migration.

TRANSFORMS

It considers whether and how the social memory and cultural heritage of mobility, violence and solidarity traced along migrant routes might serve as political resources for justice-claims.

INVESTIGATES

It investigates the political and social memory generated by migrants’ presence and by contemporary mobile experiences of struggle and solidarity, exploring how these are remembered or forgotten through intangible, private, local and digital forms, within multiscalar and heterogeneous arenas.

RECONCEPTUALIZES

It draws on these processes to reconceptualize cultural heritage and theorize its relationship to migration.

TRANSFORMS

It considers whether and how the social memory and cultural heritage of mobility, violence and solidarity traced along migrant routes might serve as political resources for justice-claims.
Research
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