Weaving the Camp

About the author Hannah Schmidt is a member of the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at the University Osnabrück. Her research is on encampment and refugee regimes in the Global South, as well as social practices, agency and spatial production in the context of humanitarianism.

• Introduction.- Theorizing Socio-Spatial Practices.- Research Design.- Humanitarian Patterns of the Camp: Order, Spacing and Protraction in Kyaka II.- Social Fabric: Refugees’ Social Practices of Spatialization in Kyaka II.- Material Fabric: Refugees’ Material Practices of Spatialization in Kyaka II.- Pulling the Strings: Refugees’ Rearranging Practices in Kyaka II.- Conclusion.