CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Ngunza, Audacia Alicia Machado |
|---|---|
| Title | Challenging Imposed Representations of Environmentally Displaced Persons |
| Summary | In the past decades there has been an emergence of climate change issues on the global political agenda which has become a major concern for the international community. The impact of climate change on migration has increased the attention of policymakers and researchers. Environmentally displaced persons, who can be internally, or crossed border displaced, are not recognized by the Geneva Refugee Convention of 1951 and cannot be granted refugee status as an asylum seeker within the current judicial system.,. These people are seen as silent passive others who when they appear confirm stereotypes and do not convey individual stories, diversity and agency. Furthermore, this is the difference between representations and voice, if given a voice these different groups would be able to be seen as individuals instead of others that these representations create. This thesis analyses the frames imposed on environmentally displaced persons through a media visual analysis of CNN and Al Jazeera and conducting interviews that allow environmentally displaced persons to rebuild the representation that has been imposed on them and gives them a voice. This research argues that the frames imposed on environmentally displaced persons are not identical to the frames as expressed by the interviewees. Their misrepresentation by the media has important implications for how displaced persons are perceived. |
| Supervisor | Strausz, Erzsebet |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/ngunza_audacia.pdf |
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