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SUMMARY:Legacies of Forced Migration: Attending to History and Discourse -
  Stephen Ahern\, Visiting Fellow\, Wolfson College (2013-14)\; Professor o
 f English\, Acadia University\, Canada
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CONTACT:DJ Goode
DESCRIPTION:This paper addresses the current lack of historicized understa
 nding of forced migration practices. It argues for a method of comparative
  analysis that takes into account the patterns of past events in order bet
 ter to understand the implications of present day crises. The paper also a
 rgues for a method of situated discourse analysis\, since key to stopping 
 abuse of forced migrants is to listen to their own lived experience\, and 
 to interrogate critically the rhetoric used by state actors past and prese
 nt to exclude or cover over those realities on the ground. The paper offer
 s results of recent research into the transatlantic slave trade and the ex
 pulsion of the Acadian people in the 18th century\, as case studies in how
  lessons learned from the past can better inform analysis of present migra
 tion and can encourage development of just policies to deal with the fluid
  movements of populations in our day. 
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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