$30 off During Our Annual Pro Sale. View Details »

Mapping Syrian Refugee Border Crossings

Mapping Syrian Refugee Border Crossings

A critical, feminist perspective
Meghan Kelly | University of Wisconsin–Madison
#nacis2015

Nathaniel V. KELSO

October 15, 2015
Tweet

More Decks by Nathaniel V. KELSO

Other Decks in Education

Transcript

  1. Mapping Syrian
    Refugee Border
    Crossings:!
    A critical, feminist perspective
    Meghan Kelly | University of Wisconsin–Madison

    View Slide

  2. Introduction!

    View Slide

  3. Introduction!

    View Slide

  4. Introduction!

    View Slide

  5. Introduction!

    View Slide

  6. How can the cartographic portrayal of Syrian
    peoples’ border crossings be improved to better
    represent their experiences?
    !
    Research Question!

    View Slide

  7. Borders studies
    Critical, feminist perspectives
    Mapping stories
    !
    Literature Review!

    View Slide

  8. Borders studies
    Traditional Borders
    Non-traditional borders
    Literature Review!

    View Slide

  9. Borders studies
    Traditional borders
    How do we map them?
    !
    Literature Review!
    (Diener and Hagen, 2012; Agnew, 1994 and 2009; Yuval-Davis and Stoetzler, 2002;
    Rumford, 2012; Newman, 2011)

    View Slide

  10. Borders studies
    Traditional borders
    Dynamic
    Not homogenous
    Borders as areas
    Experienced and performed
    !
    Literature Review!
    (Diener and Hagen, 2012; Agnew, 1994 and 2009; Yuval-Davis and Stoetzler, 2002;
    Rumford, 2012; Newman, 2011)

    View Slide

  11. Borders studies
    Non-traditional borders
    Invisible layers
    No geographic location
    Home, gender, money
    The body!
    Literature Review!
    (Antonsich, 2012; Nare, 2012; Samantrai, 2004)

    View Slide

  12. Part 1: Discourse and content analysis
    Part 2: Semi-structured interviews
    Part 3: Mapping
    !
    Methods!

    View Slide

  13. Part 1: Discourse and content analysis
    Part 2: Semi-structure interviews
    Part 3: Mapping
    !
    Methods!

    View Slide

  14. Part 3: Mapping!

    Mapping techniques
    Sequencing
    Line symbolization
    Experiential labeling
    Voice
    Layout



    !
    Methods!

    View Slide

  15. Part 3: Mapping!

    Mapping techniques
    Sequencing
    Line symbolization
    Experiential labeling
    Voice
    Layout


    !
    Methods!

    View Slide

  16. Part 3: Mapping!

    Mapping techniques
    Sequencing
    Line symbolization
    Experiential labeling
    Voice
    Layout


    !
    Methods!

    View Slide

  17. View Slide

  18. View Slide

  19. Part 3: Mapping!

    Mapping techniques
    Sequencing
    Line symbolization
    Experiential labeling
    Voice
    Layout




    Methods

    View Slide

  20. Part 3: Mapping!

    Mapping techniques
    Sequencing
    Line symbolization
    Experiential labeling
    Voice
    Layout



    !
    Methods

    View Slide

  21. Part 3: Mapping!

    Mapping techniques
    Sequencing
    Line symbolization
    Experiential labeling
    Voice
    Layout



    !
    Methods

    View Slide

  22. Methods
    Part 3: Mapping!

    Mapping techniques
    Sequencing
    Line symbolization
    Experiential labeling
    Voice
    Layout



    !

    View Slide

  23. Layout

    View Slide

  24. Layout

    View Slide

  25. Layout

    View Slide

  26. Layout

    View Slide

  27. Part 3: Mapping
    Amal’s Story

    !
    Methods

    View Slide

  28. View Slide

  29. “I had to make my wife and
    daughter flee the country
    toward UAE in May 2013”

    !

    View Slide

  30. View Slide

  31. “The government managed to
    have a total siege over the Old
    City, which was the most active
    war zone then. I was no longer
    able to help over there.”
    !

    View Slide

  32. View Slide

  33. “I received multiple threat
    letters, not only concerning
    myself, but also concerning my
    parents and my siblings. In fact,
    I was physically hurt in one
    incident.”
    !

    View Slide

  34. View Slide

  35. “Eventually, the pressure piled
    so high on me, I had no other
    way to survive except running
    away, and so I did. I secretly
    managed to travel to Turkey...”
    !

    View Slide

  36. View Slide

  37. “Although I physically moved
    out of the country, but my heart
    and soul remain attached
    there.”
    !

    View Slide

  38. View Slide

  39. View Slide

  40. View Slide

  41. View Slide

  42. View Slide

  43. View Slide

  44. How can the cartographic portrayal of Syrian
    peoples’ border crossings be improved to better
    represent their experiences?
    !
    Conclusions

    View Slide

  45. Thank you!!






    Meghan Kelly
    University of Wisconsin–Madison
    [email protected]
    http://mappingborders.github.io/


    View Slide








  46. Special thanks to:

    Margaret Pearce and Terry Slocum

    University of Kansas, Department of Geography. Kollmorgen Graduate
    Research Grant

    AAG Cartographic Specialty Group. Master’s Thesis Research Grant.

    View Slide