[ecrea] New issue of Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture 7.2

Intellect is delighted to announce the new issue of /Crossings: Journal 
of Migration & Culture 7.2 /is now available.

For more information about this issue, clickhere 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=173/> or email 
(katy /at/ intellectbooks.com) <mailto:(katy /at/ intellectbooks.com)>

Articles in this issue include (partial list):

Working with migrants’ memories in Italy: The Lampedusa dump 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=22941/>

*Authors: *Allesandro Triulzi

Page Start: 149

The Archive of Migrant Memories aims at recording and diffusing migrant 
self-narratives in Italy so as to leave a visible trace of recently 
arrived migrants and their rising agency in Italian society. Retrieving 
oral and written records of migrants travelling to and landing on 
Italian soil intends to contrast, both physically and metaphorically, 
the hiding or cancellation mechanisms lying behind the collective unease 
surrounding immigration policies in today’s Italy. The recurrent dumping 
of migrant lives in the Mediterranean, particularly on its European 
southernmost gate at Lampedusa, symbolises the careless disposal of 
irksome memories of migration within present-day Italian society. Here 
the remains of rotten boats derived from the repeated landings of 
irregular migrants on the Island and their human ‘waste’ – old shoes, 
clothes, cooking utensils, children’s toys, throw-away objects, but also 
water-stained documents, photos, holy books and individual writings such 
as letters, memoirs or diaries – lie to decompose as a vivid expression 
of what is not to be remembered in the nation’s past.

The experience of the Askavusa Association: Migrant struggle with 
cultural activities 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=22942/>

*Authors: *Ilaria Vecchi

Page Start: 165

In this article Vecchi examines the history and main developments of the 
Askavusa Association, founded in 2009 in Lampedusa, the southernmost 
Italian territory, on the southern edge of Europe. As one of the most 
active and interesting collectives supporting the migrant struggle in 
Italy, Askavusa has received attention for its various activities held 
in Lampedusa and abroad, and especially for the organisation of the 
LampedusaInFestival and the collection of migrants’ objects in PortoM. 
As an activist and member of the group, in this article Vecchi 
concurrently identifies some of the limits of the actions organised by 
the collective. As such, this article represents the natural outcome of 
the author’s participation and collaboration with Askavusa, combined 
with an analysis of several interviews collected in Lampedusa over the 
years.

Reframing the debate: The art of Lampedusa 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=22945/>

*Authors: *Maya Ramsay

Page Start: 209

This article considers the art that has been produced in relation to the 
subject of migrant deaths at sea, with a focus on artworks that refer to 
the island of Lampedusa and its long history of the subject. Now that 
the world’s media are at last paying attention to the subject of migrant 
deaths, the small islands of Lampedusa and Lesbos are in danger of being 
‘invaded’ by more than just migrants – artists are on their way in 
ever-increasing numbers. The ‘migration crisis’ has become the latest 
hot topic for artists, but art on the subject of migrant deaths at sea 
is often controversial, dividing both critics and audiences. Written 
from the perspective of an artist, this article explores the 
complexities of making and presenting art about this extremely sensitive 
issue.


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