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The Everyday Voices of Migrants
Wanting to help “refugees,” we tell stories of distant disasters and flight and rescue. But what stories do people on the move tell?
Léa Coffineau is a French-Canadian anthropologist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. Her work focuses on migrations and belonging, with a focus on the making of identities in postcolonial France. She is pursuing a PhD at the City University of New York after graduating with a MA from The New School for Social Research. Visit her website at leacoffineau.xyz.
Wanting to help “refugees,” we tell stories of distant disasters and flight and rescue. But what stories do people on the move tell?