1st Edition
Exposing Complexity in Migration Narratives Archival and Audiovisual Self-Representations of Guest Workers in Austria
Part I: Migrant Narratives 1. Framing the Book — “No one has ever asked about my life story or written about it” 2. Conceptualizing Migration Through Biography and Media Part II: Migrant Memories 3. Visualizing Migration: Biography, Memory, and Transformation 4. Gendered Guest Work in Biography, Photography, and Letters 5. “It seemed economic, but it was political”: Migration Beyond Labels 6. Connecting Case Studies: Migrant Stories in Conversation Conclusion: Tracing Transformations Across Borders
Biography
Faime Alpagu is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Vienna’s Department of Sociology. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Vienna and recently completed a Max Kade postdoctoral research stay at Columbia University. Her research examines (forced) migration through biographical, auditory, visual, and memory-based perspectives, focusing on its intersections with audiovisual and archive studies, biographical research, and the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in academia.
