[ecrea] Symposium - The Mediation of Migration

*The Mediation of Migration - LSE Symposium*

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*November 18th 2016*
*Silverstone Room – TW3.7.01.A*
*London School of Economics and Political Science*

One million migrants crossed the borders of Europe in 2015, in, what
came to be known as the “refugee crisis”. This Symposium focuses on the
mediation of this “crisis” at a trans-European and local level, in order
to address the questions:

 * How is “the refugee crisis” communicated in European media?
 * How do refugees appear in “our” media?
 * How do border agents use media in their reception of refugees?

Drawing on findings from the “Migration and Media” research project,
funded by the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, the 
Symposium is
organized as a series of conversations between LSE scholars and leading
migration and media researchers and practitioners.

The aim of the Symposium is to reflect on the urgent ethico-political
challenges of “the crisis”, as these emerge at the intersection of human
mobility, security, care and media. But its aim is also to enable us to
engage with important moments in the mediation of “the crisis”. These
moments are addressed through academic work but also through creative
work. The Symposium will close with the Oscar-nominated and Winner of
the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival 2016 /Fuoccoamare/Fire at
Sea/, by Gianfranco Rosi.


*Programme *

*09:00- 09:30* *Welcome coffee and tea*

*09:30- 11:00*
*Welcome*, Prof. Nick Couldry, Head of Media and Communications Dept, LSE
*Keynote speech*, Dr Vicki Squire, University of Warwick

*11:00-11:15 Coffee break*

*11:15 – 12:45*
*Panel One: Making or covering “a crisis”? Europe’s media representations *
Lilie Chouliaraki, Myria Georgiou and Rafal Zaborowski, LSE
Kai Hafez, University of Erfurt

*12:45 – 13:45 *Lunch – /with poster presentations from the Migration
and Media team/

*13.45-15:30 *
*Panel Two: Refugee visibilities and invisibilities*
Lilie Chouliaraki, LSE
Myria Georgiou, LSE
Frank Johansson, Director of Amnesty International, Finland

*15:30-15:45 Coffee break*

*15:45-17:15*
*Panel Three: Communication architectures of borders and routes  *
Lilie Chouliaraki and Myria Georgiou, LSE
Marie Gillespie, Open University

*18.00-20.00 Fuoccoamare/Fire on Sea, Oscar-nominated film*
*Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, NAB*

Introduction and Chair: Pierluigi Musaro, University of Bologna
Film introduced by the Director, Gianfranco Rosi, via video-link
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Places are limited so registration is essential:

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