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Stories Too Big for a Case File: Unaccompanied Young People Confront the Hostile Environment in Pandemic Times

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  • Aissatou

    (Children Caring on the Move)

  • Evangelia Prokopiou

    (University of Northampton, UK)

  • Lucy Leon

    (University College London, UK)

  • Musharraf Abdullayeva

    (Children Caring on the Move)

  • Mirfat

    (Children Caring on the Move)

  • Osman

    (Children Caring on the Move)

  • Pauline Iyambo

    (Children Caring on the Move)

  • Rachel Rosen

    (University College London, UK)

  • Rebin

    (Children Caring on the Move)

  • Veena Meetoo

    (University College London, UK)

  • Zak

    (Children Caring on the Move)

Abstract

What imagery best evokes the violence unaccompanied child migrants feel when asked, or made, to tell their story over and over, as well as the violence of not being asked nor being heard? How can we show both strength and struggle in difficult times and often uncaring places such as the UK’s hostile migration regime? Taking these questions as a jumping off point, this article offers three key responses, drawing on experiences of co-producing the research-based film, Stories too big for a case file , which accompanies this text. These reflections highlight the importance of participatory, change-oriented research that ‘cares’ for participants; the value of creative forms of knowledge production and aesthetic modes of expression for communicating the affective complexities of research material; and, the importance of turning the representational gaze outwards towards systems and institutions to avoid situating social inequities as individual failings and to, instead, invite viewers to ‘walk together’ in solidarity with research interlocutors.

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  • Aissatou & Evangelia Prokopiou & Lucy Leon & Musharraf Abdullayeva & Mirfat & Osman & Pauline Iyambo & Rachel Rosen & Rebin & Veena Meetoo & Zak, 2022. "Stories Too Big for a Case File: Unaccompanied Young People Confront the Hostile Environment in Pandemic Times," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 27(3), pages 550-558, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:27:y:2022:i:3:p:550-558
    DOI: 10.1177/13607804211064914
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    1. Helen Lomax & Kate Smith & Barry Percy-Smith, 2022. "Rethinking Visual Arts–Based Methods of Knowledge Generation and Exchange in and beyond the Pandemic," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 27(3), pages 541-549, September.

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