The Lesvos limbo
A visual memory from the periphery of Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8041114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Toscano (0000-0001-8317-8311, CAIS (Center for Advanced Internet Studies) Bochum Germany), Muhammad Ali (0009-0001-0662-7117, Kara Tepe Refugee Camp Lesvos Greece) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-7187 • E-ISSN: 1548-7458 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/var.70005 |
| OpenAlex | W4411459127 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
This photo‐essay describes the situation in the refugee camp of Kara Tepe, in Lesvos, Greece, framed in the continuity of a “border event”. The aim is to document and create awareness on a specific situation, through a narrative that highlights moments of resilience, agency, and creativity. The project was developed as an investigative inquiry between a formal researcher and a (non)citizen/refugee photographer, in a collaboration that stresses ethical, political, and epistemological implications. The essay relies on first‐hand images and comments produced by the photographer, confined himself in the camp
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Art · Creativity · Event (particle physics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Resilience (materials science · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Children's Rights and Participation · History · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
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The Burden of Representation
Timepass
Anti-Crisis
Empowerment Education
Violence and Subjectivity
Photovoice
Living an Uncertain Future
Flight and Exile—Uncertainty in the Context of Conflict-Induced Displacement
Life and Words
Active Waiting and Changing Hopes
Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
Time Seizures and the Self
Challenges to immigrant associations and NGOs in contemporary Greece
Death by ‘nature’
Cultural Sniping
Asylum Seekers, Hotspot Approach and Anti-Social Policy Responses in Greece (2015–2017)
Children of the crisis
The border event in the everyday
The Civil Contract of Photography
Everyday Bordering, Belonging and the Reorientation of British Immigration Legislation
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |