Tag: migrations
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A little fire: two years blazing
Migrating is an intense experience, full of challenges and surprises. New worlds and significant losses. One of the biggest is the one of the native speaker status. For me, the written word was always the main way of expression and tool work. When I arrived in Australia in the beginning of 2023, the feeling of…
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Learning a second language: language and migrant experience two years later
The process of learning a second language is long and never linear. However, two years after I left Argentina, I can tell that my English has really grown and strengthened. Australia has been an intense, hard and also fun school, challenging and pushing me all the time beyond my limits. A second language will never…
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Migrant communities and uncertainty in times of crisis
For migrants and travellers, online communities are a good place to find information about the countries or cities they are evaluating to go to: visas, costs, jobs, and the experiences of other people who have gone before. However, people are asking not for information, but for advice about their specific situation. -V., 39. “Me and…
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What do you do? I am a specialist in beginnings
Most people sooner or later find a place to remain. For any reason, for the last 8 years I´ve been moving, staying for a certain period in a place: and when I thought I was taking roots, something unexpected happens that makes me move again. Those who are fixed in a place have a lot…
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Language and migrant experience
Shortly before arriving in Australia I saw a video in which the activist Thimbo Samb said he discovered he was black after migrating: he discovered he was different. Although I don´t live the experience of being racialised, I completely understood what he was talking about, as since I live in Australia I discovered I am…
A little fire 