At Home With . . . A Collaborative Filmmaking Project Made With Artists From Migratory Backgrounds

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ID24229281
AuthorsElena Marchevska (0000-0003-3926-0232, London South Bank University), Carolyn Defrin (University of Graz)
Year2026
Volume32
Issue8-9
Pages748-760
Publication date2026-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10778004261417672
PMID42725247
OpenAlexW7128535792
LanguageEN
References cited22

This article examines At Home With . . . , a collaborative film series that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic and engaged migrant artists in the United Kingdom as co-authors in a reimagining of home through moving image. We position participatory film practices as both aesthetic and ethical interventions into dominant visual narratives. By inviting participants to film their daily routines, the project shifted from documentation to a decentralized, artist-led practice that foregrounds situated and multisensory understandings of home. We argue that this approach offers an alternative representational and methodological space—one that acknowledges the complexity of migration while resisting reductive framings.

collaborative filmmaking · COVID-19 pandemic · daily routine · Home · immigrant artists · moving image · multisensory experience · participatory film · representation of migration · Cinema History and Criticism · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Photography and Visual Culture

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