Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Journal issue | 54 | 2020
Research Article | A Planetary Via Crucis

A Planetary Via Crucis

Migration and Translation in the Work of Emily Jacir and Valeria Luiselli

Simona Bertacco - University of Louisville, USA - email

Abstract

This essay explores the nexus between translation and migration via two works of art that deal explicitly with the “migration crisis” in Europe and North America. Via Crucis is an art installation by Emily Jacir (2016) in the Chiesa di San Raffaele in Milan, while Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli (2017) records the author’s reflections on the screening sessions of child asylum seekers after they have crossed the US-Mexico border. In both texts, translation is central to how the stories of migration are told and, this essay argues, it should be central also to the way in which they are read and received.

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Submitted: Sept. 16, 2020 | Accepted: Oct. 5, 2020 | Published Dec. 22, 2020 | Language: en

Keywords Emily Jacir • Valeria Luiselli • Migration • Translation • Reading

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dc.title	A Planetary Via Crucis. Migration and Translation in the Work of Emily Jacir and Valeria Luiselli
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dc.description.abstract	This essay explores the nexus between translation and migration via two works of art that deal explicitly with the “migration crisis” in Europe and North America. Via Crucis is an art installation by Emily Jacir (2016) in the Chiesa di San Raffaele in Milan, while Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli (2017) records the author’s reflections on the screening sessions of child asylum seekers after they have crossed the US-Mexico border. In both texts, translation is central to how the stories of migration are told and, this essay argues, it should be central also to the way in which they are read and received.
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dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 54 \| September 2020
dc.issued	2020-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2020-10-05
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-09-16
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dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2020/54/003
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Emily Jacir
dc.subject	Emily Jacir
dc.subject	Migration
dc.subject	Migration
dc.subject	Reading
dc.subject	Reading
dc.subject	Translation
dc.subject	Translation
dc.subject	Valeria Luiselli
dc.subject	Valeria Luiselli
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