The In-Between Spaces of Asylum and Migration: A Participatory Visual Approach

Acknowledgements......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
 1.1Direct Provision in Ireland and the Global Politics of Exclusion......Page 12
 1.2Research in Direct Provision......Page 15
 1.3Writing and the Politics of Research......Page 17
 1.4Documenting Everyday Experience......Page 21
 1.5Structure of the Book......Page 23
 References......Page 26
 2.1Introduction......Page 29
 2.2Ireland’s Asylum System......Page 30
  2.2.1International Protection Process......Page 34
 2.3Direct Provision......Page 36
 2.4Direct Provision as a Gradual Mechanism of Exclusion of Asylum Seekers from Mainstream Society......Page 43
 2.5‘A Life Without Choice’: Critiques of the Direct Provision System......Page 54
 2.6Conclusion......Page 59
 References......Page 60
 3.1Introduction......Page 66
 3.2Mechanisms of Exclusion I: Policy and Law......Page 69
 3.3Mechanisms of Exclusion II: Labelling and Representation......Page 77
 3.4Consequences of Exclusion: Immobility and Liminality......Page 85
 3.5Exploring Spaces of Exclusion Through Liminality......Page 90
 3.6Conclusion......Page 94
 References......Page 95
 4.1Introduction: Accessing and Creating a Space for Research......Page 104
 4.2Approaches to the Research......Page 109
 4.3Planning and Structuring the Collaborative Project......Page 119
 4.4Being in the Space: Processes of Collaboration and Creation......Page 122
 4.5Participation, Power and Ethics......Page 127
 4.6Representation and Audience......Page 134
 4.7Conclusion......Page 138
 References......Page 139
 5.1Introduction: Making Sense of Experiences of in-Between-ness Through the Concept of Liminality......Page 146
 5.2Spatial Liminality......Page 151
 5.3Temporal Liminality......Page 175
 5.4Ontological Liminality......Page 185
 5.5Conclusion......Page 194
 References......Page 195
 Introduction......Page 199
 Beyond ‘Bare Life’: Challenging the Image of Asylum Seeker as Passive Victim......Page 202
 Negotiating Liminality: Everyday Forms of Resistance......Page 206
  Attachment to Place......Page 207
  Informal Citizenship: Belonging Through Social Relationships, Work, Education and Religion......Page 216
  Attachment to Ireland and Irishness......Page 223
  Resisting Dominant Representations of ‘Asylum Seeker’......Page 226
 Conclusion......Page 230
 References......Page 232
 Introduction......Page 235
 Exhibiting the Work: Fears, Self-Censorship and Representation......Page 236
 Working Processually: Challenges and Ambiguities......Page 246
 Contributions to Knowledge......Page 251
 References......Page 258
Appendix......Page 261
Bibliography......Page 282
Index......Page 305