
Questioning the Segregation of the Migrant Community
De tweedeling in de migrantengemeenschap overdenken
Questioning the Segregation of the Migrant Community
The term ‘expat’ is entangled with positive assumptions of privilege and class, whereas the label ‘migrant’ somehow connotes something lesser: ‘expats come to bring, migrants come to get’.
But if both groups consist of people who moved away from their country of origin hoping to improve their quality of life, then what are the criteria we use to make the distinction and what are the consequences thereof?
De tweedeling in de migrantengemeenschap overdenken
De term ‘expat’ is verstrengeld met positieve aannames over privileges en klasse, terwijl ‘migrant’ vaak iets minderwaardigs suggereert: expats komen wat brengen, migranten komen wat halen.
Maar als beide groepen bestaan uit mensen die hun land van herkomst hebben verlaten in de hoop hun levenskwaliteit te verbeteren, welke criteria hanteren we dan om het onderscheid te maken en wat zijn daar de consequenties van?

Who do you see?
Wie zie jij?
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EXPO @Gouvernement Provincie Limburg
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Expats x Migrants Street Exhibition
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Panel discussion @ MACIMIDE 2021
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‘Expats x Migrants’ in an idea of photographer Tetsuro Miyazaki. The project is made possible by a diverse team represented by five departments at Maastricht University and funded by the Diversity and Inclusion grant at the Maas- tricht University. Other partners: the Expat Centre Maastricht Region.