Collana | Studi e ricerche
Miscellanea | Postcolonial Publics: Art and Citizen Media in Europe
Capitolo | The Refugee Tales Project as Transmedia Activism and the Poetics of Listening

The Refugee Tales Project as Transmedia Activism and the Poetics of Listening

Towards Decolonial Citizenship

Abstract

The Refugee Tales project aims to raise awareness about the experiences of asylum seekers in Britain. It pivots around a walk through the British countryside, which becomes the occasion to share tales about immigration detention, subsequently published in a series of anthologies. In this essay, I frame Refugee Tales as a series of activist citizen media practices, engaging in prefigurative politics by providing refugees with a chance to perform a critical form of citizenship. Finally, I discuss how the tales themselves juxtapose forms of sympathetic and hostile listening.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 13 Luglio 2022 | Accettato: 21 Ottobre 2022 | Pubblicato 26 Gennaio 2023 | Lingua: en

Keywords Refugee TalesHostile environmentCitizen mediaActivismDecolonial citizenship


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