Stories Too Big for a Case File

Unaccompanied Young People Confront the Hostile Environment in Pandemic Times

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2392224
AutoresAissatou (Children Caring on the Move), Aissatou Aissatou (Children Caring on the Move), Evangelia Prokopiou (0000-0003-0827-6549, University of Northampton), Lucy Leon (0000-0001-7821-8446, University College London, UK), Musharraf Abdullayeva (Children Caring on the Move), Mirfat (Children Caring on the Move), Mirfat Mirfat (Children Caring on the Move), Osman (0009-0000-1419-4596, Children Caring on the Move), Osman Osman, Pauline Iyambo (Children Caring on the Move), R Rosen (0000-0001-9916-5910, University College London, UK), Rebin (Children Caring on the Move), Rebin Rebin (Children Caring on the Move), Veena Meetoo (University College London, UK), Zak (Children Caring on the Move), Zak Zak (Children Caring on the Move)
Ano2022
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas550-558
Data de publicação2022-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13607804211064914
OpenAlexW3215679250
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas9

What imagery best evokes the violence unaccompanied child migrants feel when asked, or made, to tell their story over and over, as well as the violence of not being asked nor being heard? How can we show both strength and struggle in difficult times and often uncaring places such as the UK's hostile migration regime? Taking these questions as a jumping off point, this article offers three key responses, drawing on experiences of co-producing the research-based film, Stories too big for a case file, which accompanies this text. These reflections highlight the importance of participatory, change-oriented research that 'cares' for participants; the value of creative forms of knowledge production and aesthetic modes of expression for communicating the affective complexities of research material; and, the importance of turning the representational gaze outwards towards systems and institutions to avoid situating social inequities as individual failings and to, instead, invite viewers to 'walk together' in solidarity with research interlocutors

Aesthetics · Art · Citizen journalism · Gaze · Media studies · Participatory action research · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Solidarity · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Social Psychology