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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Migration and Society
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1501520

Struggling with memory: Anguish and hope in selected pandemic poems by Migrant Workers in Singapore

Provisionally accepted
NOEL CHRISTIAN ALJECERA MORATILLA NOEL CHRISTIAN ALJECERA MORATILLA *
  • University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

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    The pandemic has tested the fortitude and resilience of a huge swath of humanity. Even measures undertaken to address the pandemic, primarily the massive vaccination campaigns, revealed a glaring disparity between and within societies. The collective grief, anxiety, and desire for survival have led to creative ways to contend with the crisis. Poetry has served as one of those strategies. This paper revolves around selected pieces of poetry particularly those with themes related to being an Asian migrant worker during the pandemic. Thes primary themes drawn from the poems are as follows: dealing with the changes brought about by the pandemic; concern over family; job precarity and stigmatization; and hope and resilience. Key words: pandemic poetry, migration, labor export, domestic work, COVID

    Keywords: NOEL CHRISTIAN ALJECERA MORATILLA: Writing -original draft, Writing -review & editing pandemic poetry, Migration, labor export, Domestic work, COVID pandemic poetry, COVID

    Received: 25 Sep 2024; Accepted: 10 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 MORATILLA. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: NOEL CHRISTIAN ALJECERA MORATILLA, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

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