paying memberMaite Vermeulen17Illustration: Luka van Diepen (designer at De Correspondent).It’s like one of those optical illusions: it looks like one face at first, but it’s actually two. Once you see the second face, you can never unsee it. In this case, the illusion is how we view migration – it’s the maps we see so frequently that visualise migration for us.These maps are everywhere.in textbooks, on the news and in policy documents. Maps that show arrows pointing towards Europe, representingon their way to the EU. Those maps may look informative and factual, but are actually...…paying memberMaite Vermeulen17Illustration: Luka van Diepen (designer at De Correspondent).It’s like one of those optical illusions: it looks like one face at first, but it’s actually two. Once you see the second face, you can never unsee it. In this case, the illusion is how we view migration – it’s the maps we see so frequently that visualise migration for us.These maps are everywhere.in textbooks, on the news and in policy documents. Maps that show arrows pointing towards Europe, representingon their way to the EU. Those maps may look informative and factual, but are actually...WW…

Illustrations by Luka van Diepen, code and interactive elements by Leon de Korte and Heleen EmanuelThe odd assembly of people agreed on one thing: something must be done. And quickly.Charles Heller had sent out the last-minute invitation only two weeks before. Despite the short notice, some 15 Italian lawyers, German sailors, French aid workers and British academics were sitting in this grey office building, in a Parisian alley in the city’s 11th Arrondissement, on a Friday in September 2017.Everyone in the conference room knew the problem they were facing was getting out of control. It was...…Illustrations by Luka van Diepen, code and interactive elements by Leon de Korte and Heleen EmanuelThe odd assembly of people agreed on one thing: something must be done. And quickly.Charles Heller had sent out the last-minute invitation only two weeks before. Despite the short notice, some 15 Italian lawyers, German sailors, French aid workers and British academics were sitting in this grey office building, in a Parisian alley in the city’s 11th Arrondissement, on a Friday in September 2017.Everyone in the conference room knew the problem they were facing was getting out of control. It was...WW…

From the series Bureaucratics by Jan Banning, a comparative photographic study of the culture, rituals and symbols of state civil administrations and its servants in eight countries on five continents. You can read more about this project at the bottom of the article. Rodolfo Villca Flores, chief supervisor of market and sanitary services of the municipality of Betanzos, Cornelio Saavedra province, Bolivia. Photo: Jan Banning / Fontana Gallery, Bolivia, Potosi, 2005."Chicken?"Sony Lebrun stands at the small, smoking grill – green shirt, silver neck chain, tattooed arms. We’re in Caradeux,...…From the series Bureaucratics by Jan Banning, a comparative photographic study of the culture, rituals and symbols of state civil administrations and its servants in eight countries on five continents. You can read more about this project at the bottom of the article. Rodolfo Villca Flores, chief supervisor of market and sanitary services of the municipality of Betanzos, Cornelio Saavedra province, Bolivia. Photo: Jan Banning / Fontana Gallery, Bolivia, Potosi, 2005."Chicken?"Sony Lebrun stands at the small, smoking grill – green shirt, silver neck chain, tattooed arms. We’re in Caradeux,...WW…