Project description
Investigating refugee camps transformation in Greece
The establishment and closure of refugee camps in Europe since 2015 demonstrate a shift from temporary shelters to more permanent structures, accompanied by increased hostility and routine violence. This dynamic erodes empathy and impacts both refugees and local communities. While existing literature often focuses on policies and interactions between volunteers and refugees, it tends to overlook the material aspects of the camps. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the INMATTER project will examine the effects of building and dismantling refugee camps across mainland Greece and its islands. The project will explore the material remnants, memories, and spaces where lives intersect, investigating themes of symbiosis, care, and healing practices in the midst of conflict.
Objective
In recent years the establishment and subsequent closure of refugee camps across Europe have become emblematic highlighting significant and long-lasting socio-environmental transformations and disruptions. INMATTER addresses this urgent reality by examining the profound impacts of constructing and dismantling refugee camps in mainland and island Greece. While existing literature focuses mainly on policies and interactions among volunteers and refugees, and less on camps’ materialities, INMATTER attempts a shift in perspective. It will incorporate the experiences of local camp workers—whose involvement in camp management has substantially increased—and the affected landscape by combining state-of-the-art approaches from social anthropology, migration and material studies and environmental humanities. Having worked extensively in the humanitarian sector in Greece, I gained deep insights into overlooked relationships, agents, and practices that while matter remain unnoticed. Since 2015, when thousands of asylum seekers arrived on Greek shores, there has been a dramatic shift—from temporary to new permanent camp structures, and from narratives of hospitality to hostility. Violence is now routinized and systematic. Dehumanizing policies and inhumane infrastructures erode empathy, shape the lives and perceptions of refugees and locals, and an ever-changing precarious landscape. Through a nuanced exploration of material remnants, memories and spaces where lives intersect, INMATTER will examine practices of symbiosis, care and healing amid disruption and conflict. Utilizing multimodal ethnography and an engaging audiovisual narrative, it will provide a more inclusive body of knowledge ensuring its findings resonate with broad audiences. Thus, the project’s impact will extend beyond the fellowship, offering crucial perspectives on the transformations of European landscapes and communities in times of crisis, and fostering continued dialogue and understanding.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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0313 Oslo
Norway
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