13. Jänner 2020, 18.00 Uhr Kunstuniversität Linz, Domgasse 1,Wohnzimmer Zeitbasierte Medien, 4.OG
Übertragung des Montagsvortrags des IFK nach Linz. Die Abteilungen Kulturwissenschaft und Zeitbasierte Medien laden zum wöchentlichen IFK Kino ins Wohnzimmer der Zeitbasierten Medien. REFUGEE? LABOUR MIGRANT? — ON THE “GUEST WORKERS” FROM A BIOGRAPHICAL AND VISUAL PERSPECTIVE Persons from Turkey who came to Austria between the 1960s and the late 1980s are roundly classified as “guest workers”. Moreover, they are visually represented either for illustrative purposes or as a stereotype. This presentation aims to provide a long-term perspective on migration and to apply a new and innovative methodology in the framework of a more differentiated migration research. This presentation questions and challenges the rigorous distinctions made between concepts of migration by comparing two case studies that are regarded as “guest workers”. The paper suggests that the biographers at the period of time, namely labour migrants from Turkey living in Austria, experienced different forms of movement; a blend of economic, political refugee and labour migration. Thus, this presentation aims to take attention to “the receiving-country-bias” that leads us to “ignore the causes and consequences of migration in origin countries” (Castles et al. 2014, 26). Furthermore, Faime Alpagu's objective is to contribute to a differentiated visual representation of migration by drawing attention to the complexities of its depiction.