Single Review on past events

We invited you to our Jour fixe on Tuesday, 17 May.

Our two Research Visit Fellows Paula Tesche (Literature & Linguistics) and Ekaterina Mikhailova (Politics and Public Administration) gave a presentation.

Paula Tesche's talk is entitled "Resistance memories of the catastrophe in the city of Concepción, Chile"

Abstract:

This research describes the effects of socio-political catastrophe of the military coup (1973) and the dictatorship (1973 - 1990) in Concepción, Chile. From a present perspective the study analyzes the political resistance memories present in five places in the city of Concepción. These memories places are: Vicaria de la Solidaridad, the center of detention and torture ex fort “El Morro” and the memorials “23 de Agosto”, “La Ronda de la unidad”,  Memorial de los Detenidos Desaparecidos y Ejecutados Políticos de la región del Biobío y del Cementerio General de Concepción.

Links / literature:

https://djhr.revistas.deusto.es/article/view/2287/2741

http://www.izquierdas.cl/ediciones/2021/numero-50

https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.2522

https://doi.org/10.16888/interd.2021.38.3.11

http://revistas.uach.cl/index.php/racs/issue/view/539

 https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-50492019000400126

https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/9200

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-656420160105

http://www.historia396.cl/index.php/historia396/article/view/405

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Ekaterina Mikhailova's talk is entitled "Refugee Processing Systems in Konstanz and Kreuzlingen: Institutional and Societal Transformations over Time".

Abstract:

The presentation will address Konstanz and Kreuzlingen as border twin cities and contextualise their efforts of working with refugees and migrants with the challenges and opportunities border twin cities typically face in the field of migration and integration. Besides, the talk will present preliminary findings on how the refugee processing has evolved in Konstanz and Kreuzlingen from the so-called Arab spring of 2010-2012 to the war in Ukraine in 2022. More specifically, it will outline the constellation of actors participating in refugee processing at the local level on the German-Swiss border and their most recent activities in response to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. To conclude, the presentation will name future research avenues identified with this exploratory study.

Links and literature:

1. Mikhailova E. (2022) Introduction: Towards a Global Overview of Twin City Studies. in: Mikhailova E., Garrard J. (eds) Twin Cities across Five Continents: Interactions and Tensions on Urban Borders. Routledge, New York and London. Global Urban Series. DOI: 10.4324/9781003102526-1

You can download the publication as pdf here.

2. Mikhailova E. (2018) Are refugees welcome to the Arctic? Perceptions of Arctic migrants at the Russian-Norwegian borderland, in G. Besier, K. Stoklosa (eds.) How to Deal with Refugees? LIT Verlag, Berlin, 183-200.

You can download the publication as pdf here.