Resumen

PINEIRO AGUIAR, Eleder  y  BOUHABEN, Miguel Alfonso. Diversity and Otherness as Political-Visual Constructions. Readings of Displaced Lives from the World Press Photo. Migr. Inter [online]. 2023, vol.14, rmiv1i12650.  Epub 22-Mar-2024. ISSN 2594-0279.  https://doi.org/10.33679/rmi.v1i1.2650.

This study explores the concept of refuge within the Mediterranean in Southern Europe. The theoretical framework addresses the securitization of borders amidst the neoliberal crisis and reflects upon the meaning of displaced life, a with particular emphasis on the precarity and vulnerability of individuals in transit between the global North and South. A mixed methodology is employed, incorporating elements of philosophy, art, and anthropology, aiming to highlight the political construction of otherness and diversity. The material used consists of artistic representations from the World Press Photo award (2015-2020) which reveal multiculturalism as a disguised and paternalistic form of racism. This study proposes ethical-political contributions that position aesthetics as a Eurocentric construction surrounding the current theme of refuge.

Palabras llave : 1. refugees; 2. análisis visual; 3. neoliberalism; 4. The Mediterranean; 5. Southern Europe..