scholarly journals Citizenship Islands: The Ongoing Emergency in the Mediterranean Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-229
Author(s):  
Alessandra Von Burg
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
To Come ◽  
And Migration ◽  
New Research ◽  
Research Tools

I present the concept of “citizenship islands” to analyze the ongoing emergency in the Mediterranean Sea. Citizenship islands are based on the idea of “nonplaces” for noncitizens who are both constantly present and invisible. Citizenship islands are a test of what is to come, as noncitizens such as migrants and refugees continue to arrive, even as countries refuse their right of entry and of seeking asylum.<strong> </strong>Based on research in Lampedusa, I argue that as understandings of citizenship change, the ongoing emergency in the Mediterranean Sea forces a focus on noncitizens. What is happening around discourses of citizenship, mobility, and migration requires new language to describe and analyze what is already happening, and to theorize new research tools for the future. Nonplaces invite a paradox between visibility and invisibility, between in-dependence and inter-dependence, highlighting the importance of language in characterizing the experience of migrants and refugees and how that language shapes relationships between newcomers/noncitizens and already established residents/citizens.

The ‘Aura’ of Home

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dima Issa
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration

Abstract In Arabic restaurants, sitting rooms and cars around the world, her voice filters through the airwaves, transporting listeners to narrow alleyways, cobblestones and the Mediterranean Sea, to a time of innocence and peace, determination and war, stability and acceptance. Her songs, melancholy memory and patriotic love shape Arab heritage and offer a focal point for identity construction. For many Arabs in the diaspora, Fairouz’s music is a tool of expression, a proxy for nostalgia and a call for resistance. Through a theoretical framework that combines affect, the mnemonic imagination and migration, I highlight the preliminary findings of my PhD research. This research involves a series of interviews with members of the Arab diaspora living in Doha, Qatar. I examine the role Fairouz’s music played in the lives of these interview subjects.

scholarly journals Migration, Borders, and Society

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Yrsa Landström ◽  
Magnus Ekengren
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
International Peace ◽  
The South ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Societal Values ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Many ◽  
National Governments

AbstractIn recent years, we have learned that forced global migration pose a serious threat to international peace and societal values. Despite the many warnings and refugee crises across the world, most national governments have insufficiently addressed this threat. In this chapter, we try to explain this lack of action. The chapter explores possible explanations such as the denial mindset of “it probably won’t happen here (and if it does, it won’t affect my family and community)”. The chapter focuses on the border management crisis in Sweden in 2015. The Swedish government did not address the situation as a crisis until the refugees, who had been on the Mediterranean Sea and traversing north over the continent for months, ended up in Malmö in the south of Sweden in September 2015. This predictable set of events caused chaos for the unprepared Swedish police and the border and migration authorities who had to handle the situation under conditions of urgency and apparent uncertainty.

scholarly journals Faithful to the Wor(l)d. Visual Texts, Responsibility and the Issue of Translation

Pólemos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-220
Author(s):  
Nicoletta Vallorani
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Visual Texts ◽  
Definite Time ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration

Abstract My work here focuses on translation and migration, with specific reference to the field of visual arts, exploiting the kind of approach suggested by Loredana Polezzi – and mostly applied to linguistic translation – in her “Translation and Migration”. My contention is that, though apparently mimetic and universally understandable, images are culture-bound and they need being translated when crossing a border. The process of translation becomes more and more complex when the represented object/events/person is framed within a much-debated and politically overloaded issue. Focusing on a definite time (today) and a specific space (the Mediterranean Sea), I select some artistic projects by both Western and non-Western artists, pursuing a twofold objective. I want to show how the selected works raise the issue of responsibility and I want to reflect on the “language” they use to “translate” an untranslatable experience into an understandable message.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Ring Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
The Future ◽  
To Come ◽  
And Migration

The Conclusion briefly sums up the findings of the preceding chapters and points towards the future relevance of studies in contemporary art and migration. In continuation of the last chapter, it emphasises art’s ability to address difficult political and humanitarian issues related to the current refugee situation in Europe and the Middle East, which will undoubtedly continue to preoccupy the minds of people in these regions and elsewhere for many years to come.

scholarly journals Screendance Narratives from around the Mediterranean Sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariadne Mikou
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Heterogeneous Landscape ◽  
Mediterranean Culture ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
One To One ◽  
To Come

The European Mediterranean appears to be an active key player for the production and circulation of screendance. Focusing this research on the pre-pandemic state of screendance in Italy, France, Greece and Spain and employing a methodology of one-to-one interviews, this text examines the art policies that have been in place for potentially supporting the production of screendance, the ways that spectatorship and social engagement kept on growing and the predictions for the yet-to-come evolution of the form in a context disassociated from, yet applicable to the on-going pandemic. Although screendance is understood differently among the interviewees – curators of major festivals such as DAN. CIN. LAB., Festival International De Vidéo Danse De Bourgogne, COORPI/La Danza in 1 minuto, Cinematica Festival, Stories We Dance International Videodance Contest, Choreoscope - The International Dance Film Festival of Barcelona and the formerly known Athens Video Dance Project – International Dance Film Festival – the aim of this research is to create knowledge regarding the heterogeneous landscape of screendance in the European Mediterranean as well as a broader understanding of the shifting Mediterranean culture.

scholarly journals Ocean Literacy across the Mediterranean Sea basin: Evaluating Middle School Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour towards Ocean Sciences Issues

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
PANAYOTA KOULOURI ◽  
ATHANASIOS MOGIAS ◽  
MELITA MOKOS ◽  
MARIA CHEIMONOPOULOU ◽  
GIULIA REALDON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ocean Literacy ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Sea is characterized by rich biodiversity, and its region hosts people living in several countries with a rich variety of cultures, but – at the same time – it is “under siege”, due to anthropogenic pressures. To address these pressures, many actions are needed aiming, among others, at establishing Ocean Literacy (OL) across the Mediterranean countries and preparing the future generation of Mediterranean Sea-literate citizens. Towards this aim, the present cross-national study investigated OL issues in relation to content knowledge, possible common misconceptions, attitudes, and the self-reported behavior of 2,533 middle school students from eight Mediterranean countries (Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain, and Turkey), as well as certain background elements (e.g., gender, grade level, environmental education experience, sources of relevant information). The results of this study revealed that middle school students of all studied countries possess a moderate level of ocean sciences content knowledge, while they showed satisfactory pro-environmental attitudes and behavior. These findings along with further research are expected to function as a baseline for the design, implementation, and launch of specifically targeted programs, educational activities, teaching resources, curricula, and school textbooks, which will be achieved through close collaboration between schools, universities, research institutes, and Ministries of Education, thus contributing to the future protection and sustainable development of the Mediterranean Sea region.

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