Wednesday, October 21, 2009

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ERASED

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ERASED
NATASCHA SADR HAGHIGHIAN and ASHLEY HUNT


ASHLEY HUNT’S MAPS THEORIZE HOW PRISONERS IN A DOMESTIC CONTEXT, AND REFUGEES IN AN "EXTRA-NATIONAL" CONTEXT, COMPOSE A GROWING BODY OF STATELESS PERSONS, UPON WHOSE ERASURE AND MARGINALIZATION GLOBAL AFFLUENCE AND NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM ARE BUILT. IN CONVERSATION WITH NATASCHA SADR HAGHIGHIAN HE TALKS ABOUT IMAGES THAT CREATE INVISIBILITIES AND ABOUT HOW THEORIZING INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND DYNAMICS BETWEEN STATES AND INDIVIDUALS, IDEAS, LAWS, ORGANIZATIONS, HISTORIES, FORCES AND PROCESSES CAN HELP VISUALIZE THESE INVISIBILITIES.
http://www.16beavergroup.org/ashley/ahunt_3.pdf

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3 seconds to leave the courthouse

3 seconds to leave the courthouse
October 2008: Los Angeles Immigration Judge orders a notario, who was interfering with the efforts of a pro bono attorney, to leave the court building post haste. Notarios are a very big problem in the immigrant community - often holding themselves out as attorneys and or otherwise offering legal advise based upon little or no knowlege of immigration law.

Allegation 6 was admitted

Allegation 6 was admitted
October 22, 2008: Immigration Judge has 47 cases on her morning master calendar. Clients and attorneys crowd the hallway however cases move through at an efficient clip.