This exhibition features the photos of the students and Alumni who participated in the Global Campus photo competition 2014 “Migrants and community action”. The aim is to raise awareness of the Global Campus, an academic community connecting Regional Masters in human rights and democratisation in 5 continents, and specifically on the rights of migrants in different contexts from the workplace to the access to food and justice.
Throughout human history, migration has represented the expression of the individual’s will to overcome adversity and to gain a better life.
As a result of globalisation, migration has become much more diverse in terms of origins and destinations of migrants and in terms of root causes which can be traced to poverty, armed conflict, social strife, political turmoil, economic hardships and climate change.
This has created challenges and opportunities for societies throughout the world. Integration and cooperation between people are the glue that holds societies together.
We cannot depart from this principle if we want to build fairer, more equitable and respectful societies. It is up to every one of us to realize this through our action and respect forpicture of unity.
This exhibition is also meant to demonstrate how collaboration, participation and trust can build and strengthen the community.
The pictures of the gc photo competition highlight a variety of migrants’ stories and perspectives. A diversity of tools, from professional cameras to mobile phones, were employed.
The competition was launched at the end of June 2014 in order to create a space to put forward relevant messages by current and previous students working with human rights – be they government officials, judges, members of international and non-governmental organisations, volunteers or activists.
Three best pictures were selected by a jury composed of the professional photographer Gianpaolo Arena, photographer and editor of the contemporary international photography magazine Landscape Stories, and representatives of the gc staff team and gc Alumni network.
The first prize winner of the gc Photographic Competition is the student Adebayo Okeowo from the llm programme at the University of Pretoria with the picture The Glue of Africa.
The second prize winner is a student of the mhrd at the University of Sydney Arooma Gul for his picture Sheepish taken in Dubai.
The third prize winner is Adam Jacobi Møller, an Alumni of the e.ma Programme at eiuc Venice, for the picture entitled Amir in Masshad carpet bazar, taken in Iran.
“A picture speaks a thousand words”, so may the photographs and stories behind them inspire viewers to creatively reflect on ways forward.
Global Campus 2014 Photo Competition – Exhibition: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5Pqt3V
Migrants and Community Action Selected Photographs: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5c1ydo