Cieśnina Sycylijska jako miejsce pamięci nielegalnych migracji afrykańskich na podstawie działalności Stefana Libertiego

Abstract

The phenomenon of recent emigration to the Apennine Peninsula has a spectacular character and its coverage includes such forms as testimony, documentary, and literary reportage. The activity of Stefano Liberti, an Italian journalist and writer, plays an important role in shaping the perception of this phenomenon. The materials (including journalism) that allowed me to do my initial research require further and deeper analysis. In addition to the media coverage of the latest emigration from Africa and the Middle East, there are also documentary films that include personal comments, which allow us to better understand psychosocial determinants beyond individual decisions taken by immigrants as well as their particular experiences. The Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Sicily have become a site of numerous disasters and the drama of illegal migration is reported and commemorated as horrific scenes, which creates an image of a place marked by deaths of numerous people, at the same time exposing the mismanagement of migration policy. An inseparable bond between the events, related narratives and mythologization processes seems to be particularly interesting for a researcher interested in the texts and images that accompanied the crossings of the Mediterranean Sea.