Based on ethnographic research with asylum seekers living in a ‘direct provision’ centre in Ireland, and comprising participatory visual methods, this work offers a unique examination of the ‘direct provision’ system that analyses the tensions between exclusion and marginalization, and involvement and engagement with local communities.
Zoë O’Reilly is a researcher and lecturer in the areas of forced migration, refugee issues and race and ethnicity. She also has a particular interest in participatory and visual methodologies and has worked with participatory photography for over a decade on campaigning, research and community based projects.
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2: Asylum and Direct Provision in Ireland.- Chapter 3: The Politics and Practice of Exclusion.- Chapter 4. The Politics and Practice of Research.- Chapter 5. Liminality.- Chapter 6. Resisting Liminality: Connectedness, Belonging and Integration.- Chapter 7. Beyond the Space of the Project: The Politics of Representation and Contributions to Knowledge.