Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization

Given the phenomenon of (hyper)visibility/invisibility of migrant realities in globalization since the refugee crisis in 2015, which contributes to the dehumanization of migrant people, this article proposes a comparative analysis of three works that are generated from the same premise: the problema...

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Autor: Monterrubio Ibáñez, Lourdes
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositório:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/70822
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Palavra-chave:Migration
Dehumanization
Essay film
Experimental film
Gaze
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spelling Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanizationMonterrubio Ibáñez, LourdesMigrationDehumanizationEssay filmExperimental filmGazeGiven the phenomenon of (hyper)visibility/invisibility of migrant realities in globalization since the refugee crisis in 2015, which contributes to the dehumanization of migrant people, this article proposes a comparative analysis of three works that are generated from the same premise: the problematization of their visualization using waste images, in which migrant people are not recognizably depicted on screen, to successfully reflect on different phenomena of dehumanization to which images contribute. Ailleurs, partout (Ingold, Isabelle and Vivianne Perelmuter, dirs. 2020. Ailleurs, partout. Liége: Dérives) instrumentalizes operational images from surveillance cameras to offer a mediated encounter and reflect on the exclusion migrant people suffer in our globalized reality. Purple Sea (Alzakout, Amel and Khaled Abdulwahed, dirs. 2020. Purple Sea. Berlin: Pong Film) uses situational images from Alzakout's camera of her sea crossing to show the trauma migrant people experience. Havarie (Scheffner, Philip, dir. 2016. Havarie. Berlin: Pong Film) creates a suspended image to build a multi-perspective narrative and reflection on the objectification migrant people endure. The three films use waste images stripped of subjectivity to problematize the visualization of migration realities and confront them with complex sound images that offer identity counter-narratives of migrant people. Finally, and crucially, the films reintroduce the subjective gaze in these waste images to rehumanize them and, in turn, our gaze as spectators.Taylor & Francis20252026infoinfoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/70822http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17503280.2025.2518750reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésStudies in Documentary Film. 2026;20(1):37-57© This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Documentary Film on 24 Jun 2025, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17503280.2025.2518750info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/708222026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization
title Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization
spellingShingle Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization
Monterrubio Ibáñez, Lourdes
Migration
Dehumanization
Essay film
Experimental film
Gaze
title_short Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization
title_full Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization
title_fullStr Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization
title_full_unstemmed Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization
title_sort Problematizing the visualization of migration images to reflect on migrants' dehumanization
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Monterrubio Ibáñez, Lourdes
author Monterrubio Ibáñez, Lourdes
author_facet Monterrubio Ibáñez, Lourdes
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Migration
Dehumanization
Essay film
Experimental film
Gaze
topic Migration
Dehumanization
Essay film
Experimental film
Gaze
description Given the phenomenon of (hyper)visibility/invisibility of migrant realities in globalization since the refugee crisis in 2015, which contributes to the dehumanization of migrant people, this article proposes a comparative analysis of three works that are generated from the same premise: the problematization of their visualization using waste images, in which migrant people are not recognizably depicted on screen, to successfully reflect on different phenomena of dehumanization to which images contribute. Ailleurs, partout (Ingold, Isabelle and Vivianne Perelmuter, dirs. 2020. Ailleurs, partout. Liége: Dérives) instrumentalizes operational images from surveillance cameras to offer a mediated encounter and reflect on the exclusion migrant people suffer in our globalized reality. Purple Sea (Alzakout, Amel and Khaled Abdulwahed, dirs. 2020. Purple Sea. Berlin: Pong Film) uses situational images from Alzakout's camera of her sea crossing to show the trauma migrant people experience. Havarie (Scheffner, Philip, dir. 2016. Havarie. Berlin: Pong Film) creates a suspended image to build a multi-perspective narrative and reflection on the objectification migrant people endure. The three films use waste images stripped of subjectivity to problematize the visualization of migration realities and confront them with complex sound images that offer identity counter-narratives of migrant people. Finally, and crucially, the films reintroduce the subjective gaze in these waste images to rehumanize them and, in turn, our gaze as spectators.
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