Telling migration narratives
Why are Ukrainian refugees portrayed as victims while people fleeing other conflicts are portrayed as a threat? Are media further polarising the debate on migration? Ferruccio Pastore, May Bulman and András Földes explore the role of media as producers of migration narratives in this podcast conducted by Mar Sabé Dausà.
The H2020 BRIDGES project aims to understand the causes and consequences of migration narratives in a context of increasing politicisation and polarisation with a three-fold objective:
Academic
Analysing the processes of narrative production and impact, and how they influence each other. BRIDGES studies why some migration narratives become dominant over others and what impact they have on individuals’ decisions and attitudes, as well as on policymakers.
Policy
Fostering evidence-based policies. BRIDGES develops a typology of government strategies to respond to populist narratives and provides policy recommendations on how to redress a tendency towards increasingly symbolic policies in the field of migration at the EU and national levels.
Societal
Creating spaces for dialogue between actors involved in narrative production. BRIDGES fosters the exchange of good practices among cultural entities, civil society organisations and migrant communities on how to build alternative narratives on migration.
