BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4777-cc0cce5695ba638e05e5449beb3180ef@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260511T020807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T140000 SUMMARY:Children, Media, and Conflict Zones Lab Talk with Rita Reis DESCRIPTION:\nThe Rock Ethics Institute'\;s Children\, Youth\, and Me dia in International and Global Conflict Zones Initiative presents:\n\n& ldquo\;Going Back\, Coming Home? Future and Return Perspectives Among Sa hrawi Youth Abroad.&rdquo\;\n\nby Rita Reis\n\nDoctoral Candidate in Soc ial Anthropology\n\nInstitute of Social Sciences\n\nUniversity of Lisbon \, Portugal\n\nAbstract:\n\nLiving amidst a failed decolonization proces s and a chronic exile\, Sahrawis remain widely neglected among the acade mic and humanitarian debates regarding (post)colonialism\, protracted si tuations\, and (im)mobilities among camp-based populations. As such\, an alyzing their survival strategies after four decades in exile is of the utmost relevance\, especially from the youth point of view: those who we re born in exile and leave the refugee camps to study.\n\nBased on twent y-four-month ethnographic research in Extremadura Community (Spain) and Algiers (Algeria)\, this talk focuses on how second generations of Sahra wi students shape their future perspectives based on their transnational educational trajectories\, belonging both to the origin and host societ ies. It analyses how return is perceived after graduation and how youngs ters negotiate the transition from refugee-students to migrants.\n\nBiog raphy:\n\nRita Reis is a doctoral candidate in Social Anthropology at th e Institute of Social Sciences\, \;University of Lisbon (ICS-UL). He r master'\;s thesis (ISCTE &ndash\; University Institute of Lisbon) s tarted the academic interest in contexts of refugees and forced migratio ns\, with special emphasis on the Western Sahara conflict\, through the analysis of the daily life of borders among Sahrawi refugees. Her on-goi ng doctoral \;research explores the ambiguity experienced by young p eople and how future is perceived\, through Sahrawi students&rsquo\; mig rations from the refugee camps (Tindouf\, Algeria) to Extremadura Commun ity (Spain) and Algiers (Algeria). Reis&rsquo\; research is financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/128517/201 7).\n\nCo-sponsored by:\n\nAfrican Studies program\n\nDepartment of Anth ropology\n\nDepartment of Geography\n\nMiddle Eastern Studies\n\nSchool of International Affairs\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/ event/cmczl_rita-reis/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Rock Ethics Institute's Children, Youth, and Media in International and Global Conflict Zones Initiative presents:

“Going Back, Coming Home ? Future and Return Perspectives Among Sahrawi Youth Abroad.”

< p>by Rita Reis

Doctoral Candidate in Social Anthropology
Inst itute of Social Sciences
University of Lisbon, Portugal

Abstr act:

Living amidst a failed decolonization process and a chronic e xile, Sahrawis remain widely neglected among the academic and humanitari an debates regarding (post)colonialism, protracted situations, and (im)m obilities among camp-based populations. As such, analyzing their surviva l strategies after four decades in exile is of the utmost relevance, esp ecially from the youth point of view: those who were born in exile and l eave the refugee camps to study.

Based on twenty-four-month ethnog raphic research in Extremadura Community (Spain) and Algiers (Algeria), this talk focuses on how second generations of Sahrawi students shape th eir future perspectives based on their transnational educational traject ories, belonging both to the origin and host societies. It analyses how return is perceived after graduation and how youngsters negotiate the tr ansition from refugee-students to migrants.

Biography:

Rita Reis is a doctoral candidate in Social Anthropology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (ICS-UL). Her master's th esis (ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon) started the academic interest in contexts of refugees and forced migrations, with special em phasis on the Western Sahara conflict, through the analysis of the daily life of borders among Sahrawi refugees. Her on-going doctoral rese arch explores the ambiguity experienced by young people and how future i s perceived, through Sahrawi students’ migrations from the refugee camps (Tindouf, Algeria) to Extremadura Community (Spain) and Algiers ( Algeria). Reis’ research is financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/128517/2017).

Co-sponsored by:
African Studies program
Department of Anthropology
Depar tment of Geography
Middle Eastern Studies
School of Internatio nal Affairs

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cmczl_rita-reis/< /a>

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