果冻影院

Exploring the encounter between humanitarians and locals in Lesvos, his research turns attention away from the聽lives聽of refugees (which have聽been extensively documented) and contributes to a growing body of ethnographies of aid聽by developing a critical analysis of those who cross borders to 鈥渉elp鈥�, 鈥渟tand in solidarity鈥� and 鈥渨itness鈥� the lives of refugees. Despite the presence of government agencies, NGOs, and civil society networks, the humanitarian infrastructure of Lesvos is dependent聽on the supply of mainly young, highly motivated yet short-term and unskilled volunteers. While their presence has been an economic boon on parts of the island, it聽has also caused significant social upheaval.

The thesis engages with processes of聽hospitality (and hostility), identity formation and labelling,聽and contributes to knowledge in the anthropology and geography of humanitarianism聽and tourism.聽Humanitarian and tourist imaginaries combine in Lesvos as a unique context for global northerners (and others) wishing to try or do humanitarian work, meet an exotic other, have a holiday or, all of the above, in the safety and relative familiarity of a Greek island. Through exploring emerging subjectivities in the humanitarian arena of Lesvos, he demonstrates the fluidity and intersecting nature of the socially constructed categories of 鈥渢ourists鈥� and 鈥渉umanitarians鈥� and tests the analytical binary of host and guest.