Cultural Forum 2013: The foreigner: Exiles and migrants

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Radical changes in patterns of human movement and displacement force us to rethink notions of migration, foreignness and identity. Do they need to be redefined to reflect these changes? If so, how and from whose perspective? Lecture by Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Co-Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University Debate chaired by Baroness Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Participants include: Kathleen Newland, Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute Mamphela Ramphele, Founder of Agang (‘Build South Africa') Book on Tate website: http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/talks-and-lectures/foreigner-exiles-and-migrants