Migra§tory (MigraStory): Law, Narratives, Refugees
By Katrin Althans
Migra§tory (MigraStory): Law, Narratives, RefugeesApr 20, 2023
Law, Narratives, and Refugees: Introductory Episode
In this introductory episode, I give an insight into the main issues of my research project, "Narratives of Flight and Migration in Law and Literature". Funded by the German Research Council, this project looks into the entanglements of international refugee law and narratives, as well as how these are unravelled in literature. This episode, I will review the different ways narratives undermine the objectivity and neutrality of the law, as well as how refugees are being created by the narrative authority and history of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Scrollytelling Website available at: https://arcg.is/OjaXG
Transcript available at: https://katrina.uber.space/?p=234
Production by Elisabeth Moore
Credits:
Texts:
Brooks, Peter. 2006. "Narrative Transactions: Does the Law Need a Narratology?" Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities 18 (1): 1–28.
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (adopted 28 July 1951, entered into force 22 April 1954) 189 UNTS 137. https://undocs.org/en/A/CONF.2/108.
Heyman, Kathryn. 2013. "Lucky." In A Country Too Far: Writings on Asylum Seekers, edited by Rosie Scott and Thomas Keneally, 176–87. Sydney: Penguin Books Australia.
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (adopted 31 January 1967, entered into force 4 October 1967) 606 UNTS 267.
Saro-Wiwa, Noo. 2016. "A Time to Lie." In A Country of Refuge: An Anthology of Writing on Asylum Seekers, edited by Lucy Popescu, 125–32. London: Unbound.
Music:
"Discovery" by Mr Smith, retrieved from Free Music Archive (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/mr-smith/studio-city/discovery-1), licensed under CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Sounds:
"Dog Whining.mp3" by josephdeiorio, retrieved from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/josephdeiorio@gmail.com/sounds/417144/), licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
"Footsteps, Concrete, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk), retrieved from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/336598/), licensed under CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"moaning baby for freesound.wav" by carolgee, retrieved from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/carolgee/sounds/202730/), licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
"Parking Garage - Metal Door - Knock & Bang" by soundadvices, retrieved from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/soundadvices/sounds/187284/), licensed under CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"R05-11-Small Group of Men and Women Talking.wav" by craigsmith, retrieved from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486173/), licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)