Freitag, 20. Mai 2022, 14:30 - 20:00 iCal
"Refugee Tales: An Interdisciplinary Workshop"
with a keynote lecture by renowned British performance poet Patience Agbabi
Helene-Richter-Saal, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 8.3, 1090 Wien
Seminar, Workshop, Kurs
Weitere Termine
Samstag, 21. Mai 2022, 10:00 - 13:15
This workshop brings together writers, activists and academics from various countries and disciplines, including sociology, migration studies, psychology, media studies, political sciences, as well as literary and cultural studies. Focused on the Refugee Tales project by the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group, it aims to explore the situation and (re)presentation of refugees from diverse angles and perspectives. The event features a keynote lecture by renowned British performance poet Patience Agbabi.
This workshop is organised in collaboration with the research platform SOLE ("The Stress of Life - Processes and Mechanisms underlying Everyday Life Stress") and the project "Poetry Off the Page" (FWF Austrian Science Fund).
FRIDAY 20.5.
14.30 – 14.50 Welcome
14.50 – 15.30 David Herd (Canterbury/UK) & Anna Pincus (Gatwick Detainee Welfare Group/UK)
Refugee Tales - A spectacle of welcome: interview with Anna Pincus and David Herd
15.30 – 15.55 discussion
16.00 – 16.20 talk 1 (sociology) Arjen Leerkes (Leiden/The Netherlands)
Legitimacy deficits and everyday resistance in immigration detention
16.20 – 16.40 talk 2 (migration studies) Judith Kohlenberger/WU Vienna
The Paradox of Forced Migration: Seeking and Finding Refuge under Conditions of Contradictoriness
16.40 – 17.10 discussion
17.10 – 17.40 break
17.40 – 18.00 talk 3 (media studies) Jessica Gustafsson (Södertörn University, Sweden)
Migrant voices in the media: challenges and new opportunities
18.00 – 18.30 discussion
18.30 – 18.45 break
18.45 – 19.30 evening talk (Patience Agbabi/UK)
The Refugee’s Tale: The Story of the Story
19.30 – 20.00 discussion
SATURDAY 21.5.
10.00 – 10.20 talk 4 (psychology) Ricarda Nater-Mewes (UoV)
Refugee Tales in Psychology: Perceptions and treatment of trauma-related stress disorders
10.25 – 10.45 talk 5 (political science) Ayse Dursun/(Birgit Sauer) (UoV)
Narrating Paradox Affects: Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Seekers in Austria
10.50 – 11.20 discussion
11.20 – 11.40 break
11.40 – 12.00 talk 6 (celebrity studies) Sandra Mayer (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna)
Authors as Activists: Refugee Tales and the Politics of Literary Celebrity
12.00 – 12.20 talk 7 (literary studies) Sylvia Mieszkowski (UoV)
Narrativizing Stress – Refugee Tales as a counter-apparatus
12.20 – 12.50 discussion
12.50 – 13.15 Rounding Things Up
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Kontakt
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sylvia Mieszkowski / Dr. Sandra Mayer / Ulrike Zillinger
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
01/4277-42450
ulrike.zillinger@univie.ac.at
Erstellt am Dienstag, 10. Mai 2022, 13:46
Letzte Änderung am Mittwoch, 11. Mai 2022, 10:45