Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War Giotis Chrisanthi
Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War Giotis Chrisanthi Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending.…
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Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War Giotis Chrisanthi
Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending. In the West, we have entered a political era where our border policies are underpinned by unending wars. Since 1994, there has been ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has uprooted millions of people and resulted in the deaths of millions more.
How can they make connections across time and space, and across politics, economics, environments, and crucially, people? At this critical juncture, how can journalists, especially those engaged in foreign correspondence, tell these stories? Given its colonial history, are these connections possible for the profession of foreign correspondence?In Borderland, Chrisanthi Giotis argues that decolonization is possible and necessary for the development of a truly global, public