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Mobile Times: Nations, Communication and Social Change (London, UK)

About this Event: This one-day symposium provides a space for the interdisciplinary exploration of the complexities of nationhood and national identity. In recent years we have seen a rapid and deepening concern with the ways in which time and memory are implicated in processes of social and cultural change, particularly in relation to the role of media and communications technologies in personal, cultural and political domains. While research in this area has been dominated by narratives of acceleration the aim of this symposium is to take a more nuanced look at the various kinds of temporal experiences supported under the conditions of rapid change.

Please note that attendance is free but limited, and reservations through Eventbrite is mandatory.

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Public launch of ‘Media+Tech for Migration’

Information can make the difference between a good or bad migration experience. How can we ensure migrants find trustworthy information to protect both themselves and their families?

Enter: Media+Tech for Migration

Join the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the public launch of the “Make Migration Work” video series, as well as short talks on how media and technology are impacting migration in Myanmar.

Refuge and Culture: the role of the arts in conditions of displacement event and discussion (London, UK)

Lebanon has the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. Ahead of World Refugee Day on 20 June, this session will bring together members of UCL’s Institute of Global Prosperity and the RELIEF Centre to discuss the role of the arts in situations of mass displacement.

Poets, photographers, and academics working with RELIEF will present some of their work in order to prompt a conversation around a range of issues, including media representations of refuge and displacement, and how we might engage with displaced people more directly and more effectively.

2018 Global Food Policy Report (IFPRI, 2018)

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018 at the global and regional levels. This year’s report looks at the impacts of greater global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures. Drawing on recent research, IFPRI researchers and other distinguished food policy experts consider a range of topics including:

■ How can the global food system deliver food security for all in the face of the radical changes taking place today?

■ Do voluntary and involuntary migration increase or decrease food security in source countries and host countries?

■ How can global governance structures better address problems of food security and nutrition?

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Communautés locales : fournisseurs de protection de premier et de dernier ressort (Revue des migrations forcées 53)

Il arrive bien souvent que ce soit les membres de la communauté immédiate qui fournissent les premières, les dernières et peut-être les meilleures réponses tactiques aux personnes qui subissent un déplacement ou vivent dans la menace d’un déplacement. Quelle que soit la manière dont la protection ou la communauté sont définies, à moins qu’ils comprennent cette réalité les acteurs extérieurs éprouveront des difficultés à proposer un soutien approprié. S’ils ne réussissent pas à développer une conscience plus aiguë du rôle assumé par les stratégies communautaires de protection ils risquent d’échouer à intégrer activement le « pouvoir d’agir » des communautés à leurs politiques comme à leur programmation ; au pire, ils risquent d’entraver la capacité de prévenir ou de survivre à la violence et au déplacement inhérente aux communautés.

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