Heritage and Forced Migration in Contemporary Europe
- Submitting institution
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University of Lincoln
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 44038
- Type
- T - Other
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- Location
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- Brief description of type
- Edited book (of which Catalani is: one of the editors, a co-author of the introduction and a single-authored chapter) and a journal article
- Open access status
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- Month
- July
- Year
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This package deals with the cultural heritage of refugees in contemporary Europe and the ways in which heritage traditions are maintained during displacement. It includes an edited book (of which Catalani is: one of the editors, a co-author of the introduction and a single-authored chapter) and a journal article. Contributors to the book were identified through Catalani’s research collaborations.
Research Process, Roles & Contribution
Both the data for the single-authored chapter and the journal article were gathered through semi-structured interviews with members of the refugee communities (UK and France). The number of the interviews was smaller than intended because many of the refugees contacted (directly or through a mediator) were suffering from depression. While carrying out the interviews, Catalani took into consideration the emotional implications that her research could have on the participants as well as the risk of re-traumatisation. Hence, she interviewed only those individuals who were more (physically and emotionally) settled. To supplement the article’s interviews data, Catalani carried out a visual semiotics analysis of the images of refugee art shared on Facebook. She did not analyse the text of the posts, because she was interested in the symbols/narratives emerging from the artworks.
Insights
This work extends research concerning contemporary forced migrations, in relation to social memory and heritage practices, in Europe. A significant feature is that the research focuses on the heritage of displaced people: it deals with the activities of forced migrants and hence documents the agency of refugees in re/establishing a sense of home and heritage through art and cultural practices.
Sharing
The research is shared with the public through these publications and through the participation to national and international events (Critical Heritage Studies Conference, Montreal, 2016; invited lecture, Centre for Applied Heritage, Linnaeus University, 2017; The Inclusive Museum Conference, Manchester, 2017).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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