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Mélody Barreau
SOAS University of London, MSc Violence, Conflict and Development, Graduate Student
- University College London, European Social and Political Studies, Undergraduateadd
- Peace and Conflict Studies, Borders and Borderlands, Memory Studies, Space and Place, Nationalism, Political Economy, and 28 moreSocial and Collective Memory, International Relations, International Relations Theory, History and Theory (Architecture), Architecture and Memory, Forced Migration, Memory Places, Cultural Theory, National Identity, Political Science, Post-foundational Political Theory, Diacritics, Theodor Adorno, Psychoanalysis, Border Studies, James C. Scott, South Asian Studies, Theories and Practices of Development, Conflict, Violence and Peacebuilding, Post Conflict Issues, Migration, Refugees, Critical Theory, Migration Studies, Space, Identity, Development Studies, and Borders and Frontiersedit
- Melody Barreau currently studies at the Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London. Melody does research in the Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development. Their current project is 'A borderland perspective on post-war Nepal'.edit
The story is familiar: a referendum, galvanising rhetoric, a razor thin margin and a vote that defies predictions and leaves emotions running high. But unlike the EU vote, Colombia's referendum on 2 October did not decide the membership... more
The story is familiar: a referendum, galvanising rhetoric, a razor thin margin and a vote that defies predictions and leaves emotions running high. But unlike the EU vote, Colombia's referendum on 2 October did not decide the membership of a regional union; it sealed the fate of a peace deal that would end a 52-year long war.
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Following a traumatic journey and lengthy asylum process, refugees in France are faced with a third hurdle to a safe and dignified life: the impossibility to integrate the labour market. The French government has a key role to play in... more
Following a traumatic journey and lengthy asylum process, refugees in France are faced with a third hurdle to a safe and dignified life: the impossibility to integrate the labour market. The French government has a key role to play in facilitating the integration of asylum-seekers and refugees into the labour market through long-term and tailored policy.
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When the Palast der Republik was destroyed in 2006, former German Democratic Republic citizens denounced the demolition decision as a ‘purging’ of the legacy left by the now defunct GDR. Its opponents, on the contrary, qualified the... more
When the Palast der Republik was destroyed in 2006, former German Democratic Republic citizens denounced the demolition decision as a ‘purging’ of the legacy left by the now defunct GDR. Its opponents, on the contrary, qualified the building as a ‘Nostalgia temple’ and accused former GDR citizens of suffering from ‘GDR-Nostalgia’. Only two decades after the euphoria of German reunification, how do we explain this resistance to dismantling a building perceived as a symbol of a dictatorship? This work focuses on understanding what memories of the Palast informed the East Germans’ preservation movement and how they served East Germans to position themselves in the post-Wende context.