What is it about?
The research explores refugee crisis in the Mediterranean coast with ethnographic approach. It investigates the ways in which a local village applies politics of hospitality to help refugees and revitalize the village. It highlights the relevance of media publicity in local politics and the ways in which media shapes the sense of place.
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Why is it important?
The article shows alternative ways to imagine futures and create solutions in refugee crisis. It offers longitudinal perspective to the problem and therefore also demonstrates the limits and constraints of these actions. This insight is relevant particularly now as Europe is going through significant challenge in refugee crisis.
Perspectives
This research has been significant for understanding the scope of refugee crisis and the various dimensions of it. As an ethnographic work it has demonstrated the inter-connectedness of local politics, media publicity, economy and hospitality. To me it revealed the relevance of 'politics of place' and how that shapes understanding of ones role in the global world.
Professor Kaarina Nikunen
Tampereen yliopisto
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This page is a summary of: Hopes of hospitality: Media, refugee crisis and the politics of a place, International Journal of Cultural Studies, May 2014, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1367877914530314.
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