ORCID
- Helen Lloyd: 0000-0002-2916-1874
- Ioana Cristina Popovici: 0000-0001-9582-2848
Abstract
Escaping war and persecution during the twenty-tens, over two-million displacees made life-risking journeys into Europe. Trauma continued for those who managed to cross borders and reach new havens: grappling with migration systems, searching for decent housing, and striving for social integration. This article presents empirical findings of a multi-modal participatory mapping project conducted with refugees and asylum seekers in Southwest England, and highlights the impact of memory and deep creative mapping on the spatial practice of making-home in forced displacement. The resulting maps embody spaces of recovery; memoryscapes revealing synergies between the constructs of memory and the concept of home in exile. The project asks how a creative participatory method of mapping home through memory reconsolidation can ameliorate the trauma of displacement and aid the re-making of home.
DOI Link
Publication Date
2022-03-23
Publication Title
Social and Cultural Geography
Volume
24
Issue
8
ISSN
1464-9365
Acceptance Date
2021-12-22
Deposit Date
2022-11-01
Embargo Period
2022-04-09
Funding
This work was supported by the European Cultural Foundation [RD201809].
Keywords
Home, Memory, forced displacement, participatory mapping, spatial practice, recovery
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
First Page
1305
Last Page
1323
Recommended Citation
Murrani, S., Lloyd, H., & Popovici, I. (2022) 'Mapping Home, Memory and Spatial Recovery in Forced Displacement', Social and Cultural Geography, 24(8), pp. 1305-1323. Available at: 10.1080/14649365.2022.2055777
