About

Welcome to our website, a space dedicated to showcasing student research and creative projects that deepen understanding of migration’s complexities and histories. Here, drawing on Dr. Fulya Pinar’s courses on migration at Middlebury College, we aim to highlight how anthropological knowledge and hands-on and public-facing engagements enrich perspectives on migration, revealing its many layers – personal stories, cultural transformations, policy and political discourse impacts, and the lived realities of communities on the move.

Through this platform, we invite you to explore migration’s nuances, from historical migration patterns to the intricate challenges of today’s mobilities. Our students investigate these topics through research, storytelling, and collaborative participatory projects, each offering unique insights that reflect the intersection of individual lives, collective histories and global governance policies, discourses, and their impacts.

We also welcome you to engage with our projects, including sharing your own recipes for our Diaspora Dishes project and thinking deeply about Challenging Stigmas and Missing Migrants. Your participation supports our mission to bring empathy, understanding, and critical reflection to migration discourse, breaking down stereotypes and fostering meaningful connections across communities.

We extend our gratitude to the Axinn Center for the Humanities at Middlebury College for their generous support for this Public Humanities Lab, made possible through the Mellon Foundation grant focused on advancing migrant justice.

We also thank the Anthropology Department at the Middlebury College for creating a welcoming environment for community-engaged projects and for their active participation in our activities.

Finally, we are extremely grateful for the support of our student research assistant, Madeleine Shaw Hunt, who helped us transform student work into accessible engaging narratives.