Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere

ISBN 10: 9492095688 / ISBN 13: 9789492095688

Published by Valiz, 2020

Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Apr0412070063780

Synopsis:

How can migrants represent themselves in public debate? Lost in Media argues for new terms of participation

This volume gathers critical responses to the representations of migrants in the media in Europe through nine essays by prominent writers, artists and journalists. The starting point is the assertion that migrants may have entered European countries, but they have not yet entered the public sphere. When they do, it is as characters in other people's stories: they are spoken about but rarely spoken to, pointed at but rarely heard. If migrants and refugees are to become fully recognized citizens of Europe, they need to be participants in public debate.

Lost in Media features essays by Tania Bruguera, Moha Gerehou, Aleksandar Hemon, Lubaina Himid, Dawid Krawczyk, Antonija Letinic, Nesrine Malik, Nadifa Mohamed, Ece Temelkuran, Daniel Trilling, Menno Weijs and André Wilkens; and visual contributions by Roda Abdalle, Tania Bruguera, Jillian Edelstein, Moha Gerehou, Lubaina Himid, Jade Jackman, Jacob Lawrence and Antonija Letinic.

From the Back Cover: Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere gathers critical responses to the representations of migrants in the media in Europe through nine essays by prominent writers, artists and journalists. The starting point is the assertion that migrants have entered European countries, but they haven’t entered the public sphere. When they do, it is as characters in other people’s stories as something other. They are spoken about, but rarely asked. Pointed at, but rarely heard. Decided for, but rarely involved. We hardly ever hear from young migrants as legitimate voices. If migrants and refugees are to become fully recognized citizens of Europe, we believe they need to be participants in―rather than subjects of―the public debate.

Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere reflecteert kritisch op de representaties van migranten in de Europese media. In negen bijdragen door prominente schrijvers, kunstenaars en journalisten wordt er licht geworpen op de manier waarop er in zowel officiële als landelijke kranten, televisie en radio, als op meer lokale en onofficiele platforms, over migranten gesproken en geschreven wordt. Het uitgangspunt van het boek is de stelling dat migranten onderdeel uitmaken van Europese landen, maar niet van het publieke domein van die landen. Als ze daar wel toe doordingen, dan is het als personages in de verhalen van anderen. Er wordt over ze gesproken, maar zelden met ze. Er worden beslissingen voor ze gemaakt, maar ze worden zelden betrokken in de keuzes. Als migranten en vluchtelingen volwaardige Europese burgers moeten worden, dan moeten ze deelnemers worden in het publieke debat, in plaats van lijdend voorwerp.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the ...
Publisher: Valiz
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New