Animals, people and places in displacement

White, B. T. (2020) Animals, people and places in displacement. In: Adey, P., Bowstead, J., Brickell, K., Desai, V., Dolton, M., Pinkerton, A. and Siddiqi, A. (eds.) The Handbook of Displacement. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland, pp. 549-568. ISBN 9783030471774 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-47178-1_38)

Abstract

White argues that to understand human displacements, past and present, we need to consider animals too. Taking refugee camps as a field site, and discussing both domesticated and wild animals, the chapter explores the way animals figure in representations of human displacement, their role in the ‘emplacement’ of displaced people, and their own agency in this. From an initial focus on displacements caused by war and persecution, it zooms out to consider the relationship between human and animal displacements in the twenty-first-century context of increasing environmental stress, showing that they need to be understood in the same analytical frame. The conclusion suggests directions, and methods, for future research.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Additional Information: e-ISBN: 9783030471781.
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: White, Dr Benjamin Thomas
• Authors: White, B. T.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• ISBN: 9783030471774
• Published Online: 12 December 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 The Author
• First Published: First published in The Handbook of Displacement: 549-568
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