"The visualizations and data produced by this project, we hope, will let people see the cartographies of fear. Some will know the maps, and some will, for the first time, see: that is all we are hoping to do."
Manan Ahmed - "Lawlessness & Exile"
"It is more than information. It is a living resource, one the team hopes migrants will use to find their families and that researchers will build upon. Much of the project's power is in its archival potential." Few digital projects are documenting what is happening in everyday life of migrants.This is a digital historical record.
Sylvia Fernández and Emily Dreyfuss - "'ICE is Everywhere: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis" ▬"What statement do you think that the Torn Apart / Separados project is trying to make other than just providing data for people to interpret, is there a broader social message you want to get across?
▬Absolutely, we are at a moment where the value of the humanities is been call into question by, whether, politicians or state legislators, the public, even the United States government and then this environment. The work of Torn Apart demonstrates a committed and engaged team of researchers that can intervene in the most pressing social justice issues of our day."
Roopika Risam and Norma Martinez - "Fronteras" Digitally Mapping Trump's Administration's 'Zero Tolerance' Policy"