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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Robertson, Derek

Titel

A field study of migration and adversity

Ist Teil von

• Forced migration review, 2018-06 (58), p.83-83

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The migratory journeys of birds can reflect the same complexity of issues that trigger and affect human displacement. I am privileged to spend my days in wild and beautiful places painting birds. I am fascinated by them: by their abstract shapes, their song, their behaviour, their migrations. I have sketched them and helped in scientific studies of their migratory journeys from the Arctic right down into Africa. During my travels, I taught art classes in refugee schools in Jordan [see image overleaf], organised art activities for families at refugee-welcoming events in the UK and held art engagement events for unaccompanied children in 'the Jungle' camp in Calais. Each had a different character and focus.