Archive for the ‘mexico’ Category

Refugiados Guatemaltecos: Exhibición fotográfica online y podcast

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Cartel de exhibición luce una foto de Juana y Angelina, las parteras más mayores de edad en La Gloria, anteriormente un campamento de refugiados en Chiapas, México. Fotografía: Manuel Gil.

This is a post about the new Spanish language version of ‘Guatemalan forced migration: The politics of care in representing refugees’

La exhibición fotográfica “Migración Forzada de Guatemaltecos: Las políticas de caridad en la representación de refugiados” explora los mecanismos de representación usados para migrantes forzados, mostrando identidades apropiadas de refugiados para justificar la necesidad de apoyo humanitario. La exhibición responde a estos cuestionamientos a través de un trabajo documental con fotografías de migrantes forzados indígenas procedentes de Guatemala, viviendo en el asentamiento de La Gloria, anteriormente un campamento de refugiados, en el estado de Chiapas en México. El proyecto es una colaboración entre el fotógrafo, Manuel Gil, y Candidato a Doctor en Sociología, Óscar F. Gil-García.

Las fotos y descripciones están disponibles para ver en La Revista Migraciones Forzadas. Las fotos son acompañadas por una entrevista (podcast) en donde Óscar F. Gil-García es entrevistado sobre su trabajo en el proyecto.

Podcast: Obama's policy challenges and the future of US immigration

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Photograph of Professor Audrey Singer. Oxford, 5 March 2009. Photo: Forced Migration Online.

This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre’s Astor Lecture which was on Thursday 5th March 2009 at Rewley House, University of Oxford. Professor Audrey Singer, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution gave the lecture on the subject of Obama’s policy challenges and the future of US immigration.

Guatemalan refugees: Online photo exhibition and podcast

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Exhibition poster featuring a photograph of Juana and Angelina, the oldest mid-wives of La Gloria, a former Guatemalan refugee settlement in Chiapas, Mexico. Photo: Manuel Gil.

The photographic exhibition Guatemalan forced migration: the politics of care in representing refugees explores the mechanisms of representation used for forced migrants that stage appropriate refugee identities to justify the need for humanitarian care. The exhibition explores these issues through photo-documentary work with indigenous Guatemalan forced migrants living in the former refugee camp of La Gloria in the state of Chiapas in Mexico. The project is a collaboration between photographer, Manuel Gil, and doctoral research student in Sociology, Oscar F. Gil-García.

The photos and descriptions are now available to view on Forced Migration Online. The photos are complemented with a podcast in which Oscar F. Gil-García is interviewed about his work on the project.