Story-Making and Photography: The Visual Essay and Migration

Abstract It can be argued that migrants express their own agency, via spatial practices, to change the meanings of spaces and places they occupy use. Although are not most powerful agents in our glocalized world, nevertheless sometimes consciously more often unconsciously, compete with others visually define micro-worlds for themselves and, therefore, as well (Krase & Shortell, 2015). Of course, move, but also settle establish or less permanent enclaves. As students mid- large-scale urban change, we focus on commercial neighborhood vernacular landscapes which argue have greatest visual impact observers. here, special attention should paid visible products settlement enacted local landscapes. For example, markets, worship, even patterns dress people street serve semiotics “markers” due migration. must noted at outset social scientist, like ordinary observers, avoid common tendency essentialize these signs contribute problem stereotyping groups.