In April 2024, participants from our Erasmus+ Youth Project “Digital Storytelling for Active Citizenship: Empowering Youth Through Migration Narratives” gathered in Berlin for a hands-on workshop exploring media techniques such as interviewing, filming, and editing.
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In late February, Migration Matters held a ‘Mediatization of Migration’ workshop at Radboud University. Thirty students explored how media framing affects perceptions of migration and migrants. Highlighting diverse perspectives and storytelling formats, the workshop aimed to equip students with tools to create counter-narratives and foster inclusive dialogue.
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In February 2024, we conducted a media training aimed at amplifying the voices of forcibly displaced people in the media. Organized by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC), this event brought together 20 CSOs from around the world to develop new communication and advocacy tools.
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Migration Matters together with CERC Migration led an interactive session on multimedia storytelling and alternative modes of knowledge production at the 20th annual IMISCOE conference in July 2023.
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Migration Matters led a seminar on cross-disciplinary practices in communicating migration research for students from the University of Johannesburg’s Sociology department as part of their Digital Migration Studies seminar series.
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Migration Matters led a film screening and discussion with academics and students at Uppsala University on the potential of digital storytelling for shifting migration narratives and communicating migration research.
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At IL KINO Berlin, we celebrated the culmination of our three-year ‘I Am European’ project with engaging film screenings and a dynamic panel discussion. Commemorating the 5th anniversary of our ‘Rethinking Us & Them’ series, a popular MOOC on the iversity platform, we explored integration and diversity in Germany today. The evening featured insightful screenings from our series and a panel with speakers like Hafiza Hamoud, Chiponda Chimbelu, Mine Nang, and Dr. Jihad Alabdullah, moderated by Sophia Burton
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Young journalists from Poland and Germany attended a four-day workshop in Berlin on ethical reporting of migration and diversity. Organized by Migration Matters and the Center for Citizenship Education under the I Am European (IAE) project, the event emphasized the importance of ethical journalism and fostered collaboration among young journalists.
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In this collaboration with Latvia’s think-tank Providus, we brought Migration Matters content to around 100 high schools across Latvia. This project, led by Providus’ senior policy analyst Agnese Lace, includes a comprehensive manual for teachers, lesson plans, and on-site workshops to equip educators with the tools they need to bring balanced discussions about migration into the classroom.
Read MoreWhy do we need better, more nuanced information on migration? Because of negative and implicit bias. It’s pervasive, and it’s normal. We founded Migration Matters to counteract the misinformation on immigrants and refugees that we encounter on a daily basis.
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