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Round table: How to represent exile in the media?
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Open in the appCurrently, the same token images (person in handcuffs, border guard, crowd with indiscernible faces, boats in distress) often appear in the media to represent asylum and migration. Often stigmatizing, they reinforce prejudices related to crime or insecurity. How to "better"… Currently, the same token images (person in handcuffs, border guard, crowd with indiscernible faces, boats in distress) often appear in the media to represent asylum and migration. Often stigmatizing, they reinforce prejudices related to crime or insecurity. How to "better" illustrate exile, without reproducing stereotypes? How to offer more humanizing images while respecting and upholding the dignity of those concerned? To reflect on these questions, asile.ch and the Geneva Photography Centre are organizing a round table bringing together specialists from different backgrounds and image professions. The aim will be to cross perspectives, question current practices and identify avenues to promote dignified and diverse representations. Speakers: - Anthony Anex, photographer, Keystone-ATS - Artan Islamaj, co-director, Institut Nouvelle Suisse - Nora Teylouni, iconographer and photographer, Le Temps - Etienne L'Hermitte, communications officer, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Moderation by Danaé Panchaud, Geneva Photography Centre & Elodie Feijoo, asile.ch