Asylum Seekers Struggle to Recover the Everyday: The Extended “Emergency Shelter” at Tempelhofer Feld as a Site of Continuous Crisis
Year: 2019
Author: Bhimji, Fazila
Sociologus, Vol. 69 (2019), Iss. 2 : pp. 105–125
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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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.69.2.105
Sociologus, Vol. 69 (2019), Iss. 2 : pp. 105–125
Published online: 2019-07
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 21
Keywords: Summer of migration emergency shelters asylum-seekers in Berlin Sommer der Migration Notunterkünfte Asylbewerber in Berlin
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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 |