Hamilakis/New Nomadic, 9. Orange Life Jackets

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How to Cite: Tyrikos-Ergas, George. Orange Life Jackets: Materiality and Narration in Lesvos, One Year after the Eruption of the “Refugee Crisis”. The New Nomadic Age - Archaeologies of Forced and Undocumented Migration. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 121-126 Nov 2018. ISBN 9781781797112.

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During summer 2015 more than 500.000 refugees reached the shore of the island of Lesvos, Greece, seeking a safe passage to Europe. Refugees were travelling packed into plastic dinghies by smugglers. They all wore life-jackets that were discarded upon arrival. This article discusses the way these life-jackets were used both by locals and widely in Europe, through their materiality, as symbolic material of two distinct and conflicting representations of the refugees and the refugee issue.

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    53 KB
  • container title
    The New Nomadic Age: Archaeologies of Forced and Undocumented Migration
  • creator
    George Tyrikos-Ergas
  • isbn
    9781781797129 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • rights holder
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781797129