Abandoned Refugee Vehicles “In the Middle of Nowhere”
Reflections on the Global Refugee Crisis from the Northern Margins of Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13014357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oula Seitsonen (0000-0003-3792-0081, University of Helsinki, corresponding author), P Herva (0000-0002-5925-4406, University of Oulu), Mika Kunnari (University of Lapland) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 244-260 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2051-3429 • E-ISSN: 2051-3437 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/jca.31697 |
| OpenAlex | W2735436947 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Vehicles abandoned by multinational refugees during the winter 2015–2016 in northern Finnish Lapland’s border checkpoints represent an offshoot of the ongoing global refugee crisis on the so-called “Arctic Route” to Europe via Russia. In the summer 2016 this material reminder of refugee mobility vanished almost totally, as the vehicles were auctioned in a show for promoting Lapland tourism. This photo-essay highlights and discusses some of the manifold aspects connected to this flow of refugees, including, for instance, the ethical concerns of trivializing refugee issues intertwined with a host of global larger-scale matters, or using their material heritage for stimulating recreational mobility in these marginalized northern regions
Archaeology · Arctic · Economic geography · Geography · Irregular migration · Multinational corporation · Political science · Recreation · Refugee · Refugee crisis · Tourism · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.89 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |