Ayşe Şanli

Ayşe Şanli is a Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology. Her dissertation focuses on the daily practices that constitute migration reception in the aftermath of border crossings in Palermo, Sicily (Italy), and how the European immigration policies are understood and challenged on the ground by immigrants, humanitarian workers, cultural mediators, and activists. Her research investigates how migrant influx turns into a persisting emergency condition, which leads to changing forms of humanitarian/solidarity work over the long term. 

Field notes from Sicily
Ayşe Şanlı (Anthropology) used the CMES award to participate in the Black Europe Summer School in Amsterdam, an annual program that addresses a wide range of issues related to race and ethnic relations, anti-racism, and migration in contemporary Europe. In this short presentation, Ayşe will talk about how Sicily's complicated relation to Mediterraneanness, Italianness, and Africanness shapes people's reactions to Italy's immigration policies today.