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Migration and ethno-architecture
Whereas academic studies within the humanities have addressed migration through frameworks of culture, belonging and mobility, in national, political and media discourse, migration is represented as problematic to the nation-state. Increased security of the geopolitical borders and the foreclosure of internal borders preserving the homogeneity of dominant cultures reinforce popular terms, such as 'alien' and 'foreigner', conveying the sense that migration is temporary and entails an invasion. Experts in migration studies note a discursive and theoretical gap between the developments in cultural studies and the blatant protests related to territory and rights in political discourse (Castles and Miller 2009). But neither focuses on the role of the architecture. The enduring and physical nature of architecture and building that has evolved from migrant individuals and communities, however, provides compelling evidence that these structures are neither temporary nor transient, nor that their migrant inhabitants, adaptors and makers lack belonging. The ethnoarchitecture of migrants defines and articulates a history of agency, making and expression that reframe the question of the politics of migration.
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Ethno-architecture and the politics of migrationChapter number
13Pagination
217 - 233Publisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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9781138828711Language
engPublication classification
B Book chapter; B1 Book chapterCopyright notice
2016, Mirjana LozanovskaExtent
13Editor/Contributor(s)
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