A Collage of Migration: Memory Fragments with a Spatial Pattern
A Collage of Migration: Memory Fragments with a Spatial Pattern

Author(s): Gamze Okumuş
Subject(s): Sociology, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: migration; memory fragments; memories of space; family;
Summary/Abstract: Emine Sevgi Özdamar – the writer, director and actress, who was born in Malatya and worked in Berlin for years – is quoting the French director Godard in one of her interviews to explain her feelings about migration. It is a powerful quoting, because it is made by a migrant. The migrant, who is mostly mentioned in relationship with detachment and the loss of the sense of belonging. The migrant, who is identified as stranger in two places: But this identification is made by other individuals about the migrant.

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