![]() This article affirms that postcolonial theory, precisely because of its situation at the crossroads between social sciences and humanities, offers a unique platform from where to study refugee literature and arts. If geography, political philosophy and law have analysed current “refugee crises”, the literature and arts produced by or about forcefully displaced people have remained understudied. Borders hurt and kill as well as guns.įorcing displacement: The postcolonial interventions of refugee literature and arts, by Claire GallienĪbstract: In Postcolonial Asylum, David Farrier explains why refugee experiences have been considered as a “scandal” for postcolonial studies, but also how they have become central to the field, insofar as they reflect the violence and unevenness of the current world order. Neither are the titles given here meant to “describe” them as drawings instead, they amount to a human and political position statement on the reality of the French and European policies they record. They do not illustrate a story or narrative: they are the story. Her drawings are not “illustrations” in the conventional sense. This portfolio of drawings represents only a small selection from the series of 269 that Laura Genz completed in Paris over 6 months in 2015, taking part in these mobilizations as an activist. Months later, these mobilizations led to the emergence of new associations and collectives which three years on are an absolutely essential part of Parisian activism. From Austerlitz to La Chapelle, passing through Calais, by Laura GenzĪbstract: After the French authorities dismantled the Parisian street camp “La Chapelle” in June 2015, a new wave of struggles began in Paris to support people in situations of migration. ![]()
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