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  • 3 - Art and Migration

  • Edited by Johannes Knolle, Imperial College London, James Poskett, University of Warwick
  • With contributions by David Olusoga , Chandran Kukathas , Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll , Filippo Grandi , Eva Harris , Kavita Puri , Venki Ramakrishnan and Iain Couzin
  • Book:
    Migration
    Published online:
    25 March 2020
    Print publication:
    04 June 2020, pp 50-78

  • Summary

    This chapter, which is divided into two parts, includes the script of the performance lecture Men in Waiting, preceded by the research on art and migration that underpins it. The project is in part a phenomenology of incarceration that studies what happens to perception when it is limited to the prison architecture used for immigration detention in the United Kingdom. It is also an artistic enactment of that subjectivity, and this text is a reflection on the time and space produced in this performative reflection. Through puppetry the performance takes place in a shadow world, not unlike that of Plato’s protagonist in the Republic who seeks to bring the people to enlightenment and is made a martyr as a result. Plato’s allegory would indicate that we all have access to the human condition of confinement in the dark with only shadows. However, the specific shadowside of the world as seen through the United Kingdom’s immigration detention centres was what this Darwin Lecture immersed the audience in. Writing and performing this play was a way to sit with the shadow, and within the shadow.

Migration
  • Edited by Johannes Knolle, James Poskett
  • With contributions by David Olusoga , Chandran Kukathas , Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll , Filippo Grandi , Eva Harris , Kavita Puri , Venki Ramakrishnan and Iain Couzin
  • Published online:
    25 March 2020
    Print publication:
    04 June 2020
  • Migration is in the news every day. Whether it be the plight of refugees fleeing Syria, or the outbreak of the Zika virus across Latin America, the modern world is fundamentally shaped by movement across borders. Migration, arising from the 2018 Darwin College Lectures, brings together eight leading scholars across the arts, humanities, and sciences to help tackle one of the most important topics of our time. What is migration? How has it changed the world? And how will it shape the future? The authors approach these questions from a variety of perspectives, including history, politics, epidemiology, and art. Chapters related to policy, as well as those written by leading journalists and broadcasters, give perspective on how migration is understood in the media, and engage the public more widely. This interdisciplinary approach provides an original take on migration, providing new insights into the making of the modern world.