Communication architecture of the border:
Constructions of Europe’s humanitarian securitization
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Speaker
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Dr Myria Georgiou
Deputy Head of Department, Department of Media and Communications, LSE
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Chair
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Dr Rebecca Bryant
A.N. Hadjiyiannis Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
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Date
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Tuesday, 18 October 2016
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Venue
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Cañada Blanch Room, COW 1.11, 1st floor, Cowdray House
European Institute, LSE
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Time
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18:00-19:30
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Poster
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Abstract
This presentation draws from research conducted from Dr Myria Georgiou and Professor Lilie Chouliaraki at the Greek island of Chios and at the peak of the so-called “migration crisis” of 2015-16. The seminar will examine the communication architecture of the border and the ways in which narratives and moralities of securitization and humanitarianism become intrinsically intertwined in the acts of reception of refugees and migrants in Europe's borderland. The communication architecture of the border involves all different actors of reception, who sometimes converge and sometimes compete with each other: border military forces and police; INGOs; networks of solidarity. What will be argued it that this architecture shapes a politics of the border, while at the same time playing a critical role in establishing the conditions of (im-)possibility for migrants and refugees to be accepted in Europe.
Biography
Dr Myria Georgiou is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department at the Dept. of Media and Communications, LSE. She has a PhD in Sociology (LSE), an MSc in Journalism (Boston University) and a BA in Sociology (Panteion University, Athens). Her research focuses on migration and diaspora, media and the city, and the ways in which media contribute to constructions of identity and meanings of cultural diversity. For more than 18 years she has been conducting and leading cross-national and transurban research across Europe and between British and American cities. She has also worked as a journalist for BBC World Service, Greek press, and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
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