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T1 Naming the unknown, witnessing the unseen: Mediterranean ecocriticism and modes of representing migrant others
A1 Iovino, Serenella
A1 Verdicchio, Pasquale
K1 Mediterranean ecocriticism
K1 Migrants
K1 Artistic representation
K1 Ecocrítica mediterránea
K1 Migrantes
K1 Representación artistica
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB In continuity with the theoretical explorations of Mediterranean Ecocriticism, this essay deals with modes of representation of "migrant others." Often de-personified and reduced to statistical data, these “invisible” migrants are in fact parts of a larger ecology, where the fates of humans and nonhumans are interlaced, prompting deep ethical questions. Such invisibility is challenged by the many artists, writers, filmmakers, and thinkers that bring the migrant question to the center stage of their work, suggesting that the only response to the dehumanization of migrants is the humanization of nonhumans caught in the same predicaments of borders and violence. The essay includes an analysis of Jason deCaires Taylor's submarine artworks and of the documentary Asmat, "Names," by director Dagmawi Yimer.
PB Universidad de Alcalá
SN 2171-9594
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/45653
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/45653
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 01-feb-2023