Crises Don’t Speak for Themselves – They Are Interpreted Through Narratives

Maarja Vollmer — Wed, 27 May 2026 05:40:24 +0000

Migration and crisis are increasingly seen as interconnected, but their relationship is neither fixed nor self-explanatory. Migration may emerge as a response to crisis, a consequence of instability, or become framed as a crisis itself within receiving societies. Crises do not speak for themselves – they become politically and socially

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Migration on Screen: Why Cinema Keeps Looking North

Lorenzo Piccoli — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:51:14 +0000

Migration has long been a recurring subject in cinema. From wartime displacement to contemporary border crossings, films keep returning to stories of departure, arrival, loss, aspiration, and belonging. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how migration is represented in films. Think about classic works such as “Casablanca” and “The

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Crises Don’t Speak for Themselves – They Are Interpreted Through Narratives

Migration on Screen: Why Cinema Keeps Looking North