Description
The book combines historical and geographical analysis of the Direct Provision system with a theoretical analysis of the disavowal of the system by state and society and with a visual autoethnography via one of the authors' Asylum Archive and asylum diary, both acting as a first-person narrative of the experience of living in Direct Provision. The book argues that asylum seekers, far from being mere victims of their experiences in Direct Provision are active agents of change and resistance, and theorizes the Asylum Archive project as an archive of silenced lives that brings into public view the hidden experiences of the asylum seekers living in the Direct Provision system.
About the Author
Ronit Lentin is emeritus sssociate professor of sociology at Trinity College Dublin.
Vukasin Nedeljkovic is a freelance researcher who has initiated the multidisciplinary project Asylum Archive.
Book Information
ISBN 9781786612526
Author Ronit Lentin
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield International
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield International
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 160mm * 19mm