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Migrants as knowledge producers
Yonas Tadesse, a Hadiya returnee migrant, wrote a self-history and reflection of his migration experiences in a Tanzanian detention facility. Published as a book, his story highlights the need to centre migrants as knowledge producers in migration studies.
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Artistic approaches to migration research
MIDEQ Co-I in South Africa, Faisal Garba, reflects on his experience of artistic approaches to migration research based on his involvement in creative arts intervention work facilitated by Gameli Tordzro in Cape Town August 2023
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Decolonising knowledge production on South-South migration
In this blog, we interrogate the significance of the historical framing of knowledge on South – South migration and how by remaining steeped in asymmetrical relations of power, this has marginalised knowledge production from the Global South and Africa in particular.
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The peripheries as territories of potencies
Perceptions of peripheries and those who live in them are often defined by negative stereotypes and stigma. These perceptions shape public policies and opinions, yet they do not accurately reflect the experiences of people living in the peripheries. This blog argues that in order to understand these communities, we must recognise their voices to shape their own narratives.
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