Transnational Migrants: Inclusivity and Exclusivity in Immigration Histories

Date: Oct. 20th, 2021

Day1: The Network of Museums for Migrants and Social Justice

Session 2: Transnational Migrants: Inclusivity and Exclusivity in Immigration Histories

As the history of immigration is often deployed in the process of national identity and subjectivity building, some communities are included in “our” history while some are excluded. The history of immigration itself is highly politically charged. Some transnational migrant communities or ethnic groups are accepted by officially approved mainstream narratives while some are excluded. How do museums support a safe space for those migrants who are marginalized by history and society and denied discursive power so that they can come forward and even take action to fight against official and mainstream narratives?

Moderator

Chia-Li Chen, Consultant of FIHRM-AP and Professor of Museum Studies at the Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan

Speakers

(1)  Agnès Arquez Roth, Head of the Network & Partnerships Department, National Museum of Immigration History, France

(2)  Chia-Ni Ｗu, Associate Curator & Leader of Public Service Division, National  Museum of Taiwan History, Taiwan

(3)  Tashi Phunstok, Director, the Tibet Museum, India 

(4)  Ed Tepporn, Director, Angel Island Immigration Station, United States