DTS201H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 457-469: Forced Migration
26 Nov 2017
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Representations of displacement from the middle east and north america. Forced migration moves in and out of public sphere. Although displacement is increasingly common: one in every 122 humans is either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum, half the world"s refugees have been displaced for over ten years (more than. Hypervisibility of middle eastern refugees in media and political discourse. Europe overwhelmed by arrival of 1 million refugees in 2015: core of process of hypervisibility (hypervisibilization) Forced migrants across the global south remain invisible because there are of no consequence to europe. Article draws on research with refugees from middle east and north africa to historicize and to contextualize process of representation. Examine the extent to which certain groups of forced migrants and certain identity markers and certain modes of humanitarian respond to forced migration. Trace the roles of visibility and invisibility in constituting the ideal refuge .
