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<p>Migrant narratives and aesthetic practices influenced by experiences of exile and migration constitute a growing field in contemporary art and literature. Current trends in migration and globalisation have lead to an increase in travelling narratives, images and objects, and the production of aesthetic practices describing and problematising exile and migration, working in and through tradition. Migratory patterns and issues related to the protection of refugees and asylum seekers contribute to the strong societal impact of migrant aesthetics and narratives, but they also serve to explain the need for them as such, and the need to reexamine them. More than ever, we need to understand the experiences of exiles, migrants and refugees. The objective of this special issue is therefore to examine textual, material and visual expressions that represent, discuss and problematise migration.</p>
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Migrant narratives and aesthetic practices influenced by experiences of exile and migration constitute a growing field in contemporary art and literature. Current trends in migration and globalisation have lead to an increase in travelling narratives, images and objects, and the production of aesthetic practices describing and problematising exile and migration, working in and through tradition. Migratory patterns and issues related to the protection of refugees and asylum seekers contribute to the strong societal impact of migrant aesthetics and narratives, but they also serve to explain the need for them as such, and the need to reexamine them. More than ever, we need to understand the experiences of exiles, migrants and refugees. The objective of this special issue is therefore to examine textual, material and visual expressions that represent, discuss and problematise migration.

Travelling narratives and images in times of migration

Borderlands Journal

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Migrant narratives and aesthetic practices influenced by experiences of exile and migration constitute a growing field in contemporary art and literature....

Travelling narratives and images in times of migration

Published Online: Apr 30, 2020

Page range: 1 - 11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2019-001

Keywords
asylum, globalisation, narrative, borders, refugees

© 2019 Sigrun Åsebø, et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Travelling narratives and images in times of migration

Published Online: Apr 30, 2020

Page range: 1 - 11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2019-001

Keywordsasylum, globalisation, narrative, borders, refugees

© 2019 Sigrun Åsebø, et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
asylum, globalisation, narrative, borders, refugees