Giacomo Palermo is a photojournalist and unconventional visual communicator working on sociological and humanitarian research in the Mediterranean area. He has collaborated as a photographer with Getty Images Inc., Touring Club Italia, Majority World CIC - Global - Photo Agency, The MEGA Agency, GEDI S.p.a Gruppo Editoriale, La Repubblica, National Geographic Italia, La Sicilia, La Discussione, Aleteia.org, America Oggi, La Voce di New York and other international magazines. He is a volunteer missionary at the "Speranza e Carità" O.n.l.u.s. mission in Palermo founded by his lay brother Biagio Conte. Winner in 2015 of the Special Prize of the "Federazione Italiana Associazioni Fotografiche" dedicated to the most influential Italian humanitarian photographer Tina Modotti. In 2021 his project entitled "TerrA MAGNUM (Mediterraneo)" was included in "The Magnum Connect Program" of the most important and prestigious photo agency in the world, Magnum Photos. He has exhibited in photography group shows such as the "International Centre of Photography" in Palermo founded by Letizia Battaglia.
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Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
- Urban/Rural development and living standards
- Population dynamics
- Gender relations
- Economic and business conditions
- Labour markets and employment
- Poverty and inequality
- Public infrastructure, services and provisions
- Climate change and environmental conditions
- Conflict, war and violence
- International relations and geopolitical transformations
- Political situation, repression and regime transitions
- Civil and political rights
- Migration governance and infrastructure
- Migration policy and other public policies
- Personal resources and migration experience
- Migrant communities and networks
- Education services and training opportunities
- Migrant aspirations and attitudes
- Cultural norms and ties
- Globalisation and (post)colonialism
- Health services and situation
- Transnational ties
- Family size and structure
- Natural disasters and environmental shocks
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Migration forms
- Family and marriage migration
- Refugees
- Asylum seekers
- Unaccompanied minors
- Internal displacement
- Environmental migration
- High-skilled migration
- Low-skilled migration
- Short-term and circular migration
- Transnational migration
- Labour migration
- Internal migration
- Irregular migration
- Multiple migration
- Return migration
- Student mobility
- Lifestyle and retirement migration
- Roots migration
- Health-related migration
- LGBTQ migration
- Trafficking
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Migration infrastructures
- Human smugglers
- International and intergovernmental organisations in travel & migration
- Governmental institutions in travel & migration
- Agents, brokers, and other businesses in travel & migration
- Economics facilitating travel & migration
- Means of travel and transportation
- Civil society actors in travel & migration
- ICT facilitating travel & migration
- Practices of facilitating travel & migration
- Routes, hubs, and sites in travel & migration
- Human traffickers
- Tourism and migration
- Legal regulations and traveller & migrant protection
- Migrant & travellers' encounters with migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
- Racism, xenophobia and discrimination
- Cultural identity and belonging
- Attitudes, migration and migrants
- Media representations of migration
- Migrants in sports, arts, leisure
- Ethnic, religious and national minorities
- Migrants and religion
- Diasporas and transnational communities
- Descendants of migrants
- Interethnic contact and conflict
- Marriage and migration
- Family relations and migration
- Upbringing of children and migration
- Migrants' language skills
- Intergroup relations and contact
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
- Diaspora engagement policies
- Immigration admission and control (general)
- Family reunification policies
- Return policies
- Policies on irregular migration
- Policies on high-skilled migration
- Policies on student and educational migration
- Policies on low and semi-skilled labour migration
- Policies on short term (i.e. circular, seasonal) migration
- Border control
- Policies on mobility
- Asylum regimes
- Protection regimes for non-recognised refugees
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Either/Mixed
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Other
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Qualitative research
Geographies
Roles
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Missione di Speranza e Carità O.n.l.u.s.
Governmental Organisation, Palermo, Italy
Offical Contact Person (Photo - Reporter)
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The Sicilian Missioner: Brother Biagio Conte
| Authors | Giacomo Palermo |
| Year | 2020 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |