“Acknowledgments” in “SURVIVAL AND WITNESS AT EUROPE’S BORDER”
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank those who shared their experiences and thoughts on survival with me. I am deeply grateful for the trust of Bisrat, Kebrat, Adhanom, Solomon, Amanuel, Teddy, Ambasanger, Aregai, Mohamed, Tadese, Semhar, and many others whose names I can’t mention. I learned so much from them. Msgana! Nkulom netom temokrom zekafeluni lbawi msgana yeqrb. Kabakum bzuh temahire eyie. I also thank people in Sicily and Lampedusa who participated in the research and provided information. I am particularly grateful to Vito Fiorino, Constantino and Rosa Maria Baratta, Mauro Buccarello, Paola la Rosa, the Askavusa collective, Mariangela Galante and Nicola Coppola.
Ilaria Tucci has been an invaluable research assistant and coanalyst throughout the project. I thank her for translating multiple Italian dialects and body languages, and for her precise observations. I also thank Anna Blom who produced and directed the Remembering Lampedusa documentary films, which provided a humane perspective to the disaster. I’m grateful for Adal Neguse for codirecting the films and interviewing survivors. My work would not have been possible without his committed and insightful participation throughout the research and the writing processes. I also thank Adal for coanalysis and attentive assistance in translations.
There are many individuals, networks, and institutions that supported my research over the years. The research has been funded by the Academy of Finland and the Kone Foundation. I am grateful for the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy and my supportive colleagues at the University of Jyväskylä, particularly Päivi Pirkkalainen, Outi Fingerroos, and Miikka Pyykkönen. During the project, I have been a visiting scholar at London School of Economics and Political Science, New York University, Melbourne University, and Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala. I thank Radha Hegde, Marita Sturken, Nikos Papastergiadis, Lilie Chouliaraki, Myria Georgiou, Redie Bereketeab, and Cristiano Lanzano for engaging with my work and for making my visits so valuable. I also thank the people who invited me to present the research leading to this book at events they organized and who discussed ideas with me in those events, particularly Raelene Wilding, Amanda Lagerkvist, Philipp Seuferling, Heike Graf, Anna Roosvall, Christina Lohmeier, Christian Pentzold, Pierluigi Musarò, Jopi Nyman, Johan Schimanski, Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Eveliina Lyytinen, Maria Rovisco, and Kate Zambon. The book began to take shape during the Border Memories workshops I organized in 2016 and 2017 (funded by the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils), and I thank all participants. Another inspiring group of scholars I wish to thank gathered at the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture in 2019, invited by Klaus Neumann. In addition, I am grateful for artists HM Jokinen and Jan Ijäs, curators Cajsa Rundström and Johannes Olsson, and Maritiman Maritime Museum for collaboration. I have shared numerous important conversations with colleagues about the book’s topic, and I would like to thank everyone, particularly Randi Marselis, Anitta Kynsilehto, Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto, Saara Pellander, Noora Kotilainen, Mari Maasilta, Kaarina Nikunen, Miyase Christensen, Alexa Robertson, Carolina Boe, Tanja Thomas, Margreth Lünenborg, Débora Medeiros, Anne McNevin, Annalisa Mangiaracina, Vicki Squire, Federica Mazzara, and Gianluca Gatta. Klaus Neumann read drafts of this book and discussed them with me. I am grateful for his time, generosity, and attention to detail, even after reading various versions of the same chapters. Special thanks to him for suggesting the term afterlife early in the project.
I have been fortunate to have thoughtful editors, and I would like to thank them. Christina Saarinen proofread the English language and made helpful suggestions that improved the text and the choice of terms. Jim Lance at Cornell University Press believed in the book early on and has been encouraging in the final stages of the publication process together with Clare Jones. I am also grateful for the anonymous readers of the manuscript whose comments and suggestions were crucial.
My friends and family have understood the importance of research and writing for me, and I would like to thank my mother Terhi, the father of my daughters Mikko, and my daughters Aino, Seela, and Milma for their support.
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