Lampedusa: debating representation of migration in an age of 'crisis'

Speakers:

Federica Mazzara (Dept. of Modern Languages & Cultures)

Côme Ledésert (Film Maker/PhD Student) - Côme's 25-minute short film Persisting Dreams will receive its UK premiere at the event

Maya Ramsay (Artist)

Lucy Wood (Artist)

Please note this event starts at 6.30 p.m. in Portland Hall, Little Titchfield Street

This event will address the issue of the so-called 'migrant crisis' in the Mediterranean. It will look at the specific case of Lampedusa as a space that struggles to find a balance between on the one hand a space for leisure and tourism and on the other a destination for a global passage.

It will also challenge the way the representation of this phenomenon has been managed by the media and the political actors

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