Asylum Seekers Struggle to Recover the Everyday: The Extended “Emergency Shelter” at Tempelhofer Feld as a Site of Continuous Crisis
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Asylum Seekers Struggle to Recover the Everyday: The Extended “Emergency Shelter” at Tempelhofer Feld as a Site of Continuous Crisis
Sociologus, Vol. 69(2019), Iss. 2 : pp. 105–125 | First published online: November 07, 2019
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK.
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Abstract
This study describes how the iconic hangars at Tempelhofer Feld, which are designed to accommodate asylum-seekers temporarily prior to relocating them to various other parts of Germany, have for some of them turned into a more permanent and more regimented site of accommodation in Berlin. The shelters have housed several hundred asylum-seekers for two and a half years, and in many respects they contradict the so-called Willkommenskultur (‘welcome culture’) on which Germany has prided itself. Drawing on Vigh’s (2008) notion of continuous crisis, this study argues that these asylum-seekers have found themselves residing in a state of perpetual regimentation, which they understand as detrimental to their well-being. It also shows that they have nevertheless sought to find well-being and to dignify their lives by striving to normalize this situation.
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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| Fazila Bhimji: Asylum Seekers Struggle to Recover the Everyday: The Extended “Emergency Shelter” at Tempelhofer Feld as a Site of Continuous Crisis | 1 | ||
| Abstract | 1 | ||
| 1. Introduction | 1 | ||
| 2. Refugee Shelters as Closed and Politicized Spaces | 4 | ||
| 3. Field Methods | 7 | ||
| 4. The THF Hangars as Protracted Emergency Shelters | 7 | ||
| 5. The THF Cafe | 1 | ||
| 6. The Workshops, Volunteers, and Networking | 1 | ||
| 7. Resisting the Shelter’s Food | 1 | ||
| 8. At the City Parks, the Mosque, Practicums and Language Schools | 1 | ||
| 9. Conclusion | 1 | ||
| References | 1 |