Bird, Gemma and Obradović-Wochnik, Jelena (2024). Archives of border crossing: Crafting emotional proximity and distance on the walls of Athens. Journal of International Relations and Development , (In Press)
Abstract
This article explores the political messaging present on the walls and street furniture of the city of Athens in the context of displacement, border crossing and asylum seeking. It engages with photographs of graffiti, posters, and stencils, taken by the authors between 2017 and 2022, to demonstrate how ‘banal’ artefacts tell stories of the changing relationship between the city and seekers of sanctuary. We examine what roles graffiti might play in creating and supporting emotional proximity between groups of city dwellers, whose paths might not necessarily cross. Taking inspiration from Tazzioli’s notion of the ‘ethnography of vanishing spaces’ (2020: 150) the article maps the memories and histories of transient lives in Athens and how changing political responses and narratives can be read on its walls.
Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Politics, History and International Relations College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Aston Centre for Europe |
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Publication ISSN: | 1581-1980 |
Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2024 07:30 |
Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2024 14:55 | PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2024-04-01 |
Accepted Date: | 2024-04-01 |
Authors: |
Bird, Gemma
Obradović-Wochnik, Jelena ( 0000-0003-0850-2737) |
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