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Future Perfect: An Imaginative Ethnography of Mediterranean Illegalised Migration

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Future Perfect: An Imaginative Ethnography of Mediterranean Illegalised Migration

Contributors:
ISBN:

9781526151841

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

3rd June 2026

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Refugees and political asylum
Social and cultural anthropology

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

248

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Description

The present volume emerges from a practice-based research that focuses on experiences of migration and border crossing during what are perceived as existential 'turning points' by the protagonists themselves. It recognizes the fundamental role that imagination plays in people's perceptions of reality, in their decisions and actions, and finally in the way they narrate their experiences. As a consequence, it makes a stance for ethnographic practice to include more creative and collaborative methodologies in order to explore such intangible and unstructured realms of existence. In particular, this ethnography developed theoretically and methodologically in close collaboration with a group of Egyptian men who crossed the Mediterranean Sea in search of better living opportunities in Italy, by engaging them through a range of the co-creative processes such as theatre improvisations, storytelling practices, collaborative filmmaking and participatory animation.

Author Bio

Alexandra D'Onofrio is a member of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology and a Lecturer in Social and Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester

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