Collisions at the Crossroads

Refugees and Knowledge Production

“…Only 7% of the media mentioned the profession of the refugees. 61 Thus, the media presents a picture of refugees as un-educated and unskilled, which then supports the idea that refugees are suitable for low-paid and physically demanding jobs.…”

“…This is true especially in the context of the increased securitisation of migration and the consequential amplifying of national borders and boundaries. 60 Bridget Anderson 61 proposes employing what she calls methodological de-nationalism as an approach that recognises the relevance of borders and nations by investigating the impacts of state-imposed categories of both migrant and citizen on the lived experiences of people, while seeking to uncover the connections between diverse but interconnected exclusionary logics. Indeed, methodological nationalism becomes an issue when it starts to direct our research in a way that is blind to other meaningful frames of inquiry.…”

“…The exiled makes from their exile an opportunity and a new beginning to resume a life that has been put on hold. 61 Exilification is a way of accepting the conditions and the challenges of exile, and starting new commitments for a different world; neither by isolating oneself from the new social environment in expectation of going back home nor full dissolution in the new society, in an attempt at complete erasure of the past. 62 It is a state of in-betweenness, of balancing being "from there and from here" at once.…”

“…Many of those we met when conducting research for this chapter referred to their limited access to mobility rightsthrough passports and visas -as a crucial determinant in their precarious working conditions, as well as in their relational construction as racialized subjects. 61 One of the Syrian university degree holders introduced above shared with us memories of assisting a research project at the interface of the medical, psychological, and social sciences. For it, workers were briefly trained to collect biological samples from refugees, and then sent out to camps to fill in trauma-evaluation questionnaires with refugee youth and children.…”

“…Mann, Thomas 97 Mannheim, Karl 25 Marcuse, Herbert 96 marginalization 6, 12, 42, 47-48, 70, 72, 75, 83, 130, 166-167, 176; social and economic 47 Martins,Hermínio 21 Mayer,Hans 95 media 2,40,[54][55][56][57][58][59]61,147,149,[155][156]185,191,194 Mediterranean 57,60,106 mental health 141,[174][175]11,22,32,96,[100][101]104;11;innovation 99;nationalism 11,[19][20][21][22]24,[26][27][28][29][31][32]71;pluralism 101;transnationalism 28 Middle East 72,80,82,106,136,…”