Reframing (im)migrant faces: immigration case studies and Human Rights in Hispanic America and Brazil.

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

Immigration patterns in Latin America are unique, however many of them were institutionally framed in a voice footprint generated from a privileged point of view. Deprived from proper representation, many of these groups were forced to have had their story told and their identity framed in a canvas distinct of their essence.
Through the meshes of three languages (Spanish, Portuguese and English) this panel aims to offer a different framing for immigrant faces who had their voices misrepresented or even not represented at all up until the present days. The proposal for these presentations is divided into two different parts. Part one will discuss the migration polices to USA and how these polices affect the migrant groups It will also encompass how the lack of support from the motherland they originated from could also impact these subjects. Part two will discuss how migratory movements and their effects are manifested through the arts (be that cinema, discourses) and how they affect the feeling of belonging. We long for answering questions such as: “what is the role of the state in the emigration process?”, “how do the migrant groups have been deprived of Human Rights within USA and their own birth nations?”, “Is there hope in returning to the motherland? And if so, what are the challenges these ex-patriated subjects face?”, “How these struggles are manifested in cinema, literature and anthropological studies?” Using different analysis and methodology, the participants of this panel will try to offer an answer to these questions.

Sub Track

• Migration, Displacements, Diasporas

Session Organizer

• Clara Fachini Zanirato, The Ohio State University

Chair

• Clara Fachini Zanirato, The Ohio State University

Individual Presentations

• The Discursive construction of migration in Mexico 1988-2012 - Gustavo J Fondevila, Center for Economic Research and Teaching’s (CIDE); Miguel Quintana-Navarrete

• Migration in Mexico: Mobility, Pauses, and Waiting - Isabel Gil Everaert

• O pertencimento: ideoscapes institucionais e retratos de imigrantes na imigração sul-sul no Brasil: a documentação institucional e comunitária - Rachael A Radhay, Universidade De Brasília

• Migración, identidad y reconciliación en el cine cubano - Jorge Luis Lanza, ICAIC