Cinema and Migration. Erratic Bodies in Cinema: An Autopsy of Clandestine Bodies and Nations

27th–28th. 07. 2018

Oslo, Norway

Conference ILOS-UiO - Erratic Bodies, Transitional Borders, and Recent Migration in Europe: Representation and Identity Negotiations in Public Discourse, Literature, and the Arts

Speakers: Mitja Velikonja, Mateusz-Milan Stanojević, Višnja Čičin-Šain, Andreja Vezovnik, Ljiljana Šarić, Elizaveta Kachaturyan, Dragana Kovačević Bielicki, Prem Poddar, Odile Heynders, Olga Michael., Johan Schimanski, Ximena Alarcón-Díaz, Melanie Küng, Donato Ndongo, Silvia Camilotti, Jovana Mastilovic, Elizabeth Challinor, Álvaro Llosa Sanz, Laura Camacho Salgado, Alice Cati, Maria Francesca Piredda, Ana Belén Martínez García, Mattias Aronsson, Carmen Zamorano Llena, Ludmilla A’Beckett.

The 2015–2016 phenomenon labeled the “migrant crisis” and the “refugee crisis” generated intense discussions in the public spheres of various European societies, as well as in their private spheres. An important part of these discussions was identity negotiations: who are “we” and who are “they”? What do we want our societies and public spaces to be like? What are our values? Migration has caused visible changes in public spaces, and in the ways that receiving and transit countries see themselves, their past and future, and neighboring countries.

Organizing committee: Ljiljana Šarić, Álvaro Llosa Sanz, Nelson González Ortega