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Sheds fresh light on concepts of liminality and in-betweenness in the context of refugees’ experiences in general and asylum seeker centers in particular
Examines Ireland’s ‘direct provision’ centres as part of an increasing network of liminal spaces, situated between and within borders, and created by a global politics of exclusion
Provides practice-based research that will contribute to discussions in the growing fields of participatory and visual methodologies in social science research and visual sociology
Advances understandings of how creative and visual methodologies can be used as a means of working collaboratively with research subjects
Contributes to discussions on the ethics of participatory research and the contested nature of knowledge and knowledge production
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Based on ethnographic research with asylum seekers living in a ‘direct provision’ centre in Ireland, and comprising participatory visual methods, this work offers a unique examination of the ‘direct provision’ system that analyses the tensions between exclusion and marginalization, and involvement and engagement with local communities.
It gives voice to the perspectives of residents themselves through an analysis of photographic images and texts created by the participants of the project, providing fresh insight into the everyday experiences of living in these liminal zones between borders, and the various forms of attachment, engagement and belonging that they create. While the book’s empirical focus is on the Irish context, the analysis sheds light on broader policies and experiences of exclusion and the increasing number of liminal spaces between and within borders in which people seeking protection wait.
Situated at the intersection of social anthropology, human geography and participatory arts and visual culture, it will appeal to scholars and students focusing on migration and asylum, ethnicity and integration, as well as those with an interest in participatory and visual research methods.
Reviews
“This book is a timely, thoughtful, and innovative book about life in limbo. Zoë O’Reilly’s participatory visual approach confronts the politics of representation and powerfully moves the lives of people seeking asylum from margin to centre. This is a must-read.” (Alison Mountz, Professor of Geography and Canada Research Chair in Global Migration at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Dublin, Ireland
Zoë O’Reilly
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The In-Between Spaces of Asylum and Migration
Book Subtitle: A Participatory Visual Approach
Authors: Zoë O’Reilly
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29171-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29170-9Published: 28 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29173-0Published: 28 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-29171-6Published: 16 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 303
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Migration, Ethnography, Research Methodology, International Security Studies