Retrospective ethnographies: Twisting moments of researching commemorative practices among volunteers after the refugee arrivals to Europe 2015
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Since November 2016, the Museum without a Home exhibition has travelled the world. As can be seen from Oxfam’s webpage, the exhibition is “dedicated to humanity”, the overall mission being to display, “the new historical contribution of hospitality, humanity and solidarity towards migrants and refugees”. This chapter focuses on different modes of memory work enacted by the volunteers in their reflections on the past events. It presents three modes of memory work enacted through volunteers’ commemorative practices: the melancholy of volunteering; acting for the future; and volunteering as heritage-making. By looking closely at the different modes of memory work among volunteers, the chapter argues that the retrospective ethnographies not only represented the field of study, namely the volunteers’ commemorations, but also enabled a collaborative knowledge production, in which divisions of roles between ethnographers and interlocutors became contorted.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Challenges and Solutions in Ethnographic Research : Ethnography with a Twist |
Editors | Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto, Viktorija L.A. Čeginskas, Aino-Kaisa Koistinen |
Number of pages | 14 |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | 14 Jul 2020 |
Pages | 117-130 |
Chapter | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429355608 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Jul 2020 |
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