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Cristina Zavaroni1, Alessandro Pacco1, Stefania Consigliere1
1Laboratorio Mondi Multipli, DISFOR Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Abstract:
Since the start of the Mediterranean refugee crisis in 2015, large numbers of migrants have been forced into the Italian accoglienza (reception) system, a muddled and ambiguous context describable as a camp. Based on our consultancy practice, we analyze the wide labeling of migrants - no matter their age, migratory journey, or family status - as ragazzi (boys/girls or kids), and what it reveals about the current Italian social imaginary: the effects of neoliberal emotional policies, the continuation of a colonialist mentality, the need for psychological defenses among staff, and the disempowerment of migrants in a camp-like institution.
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