Berg, Mette Louise;
Dickson, Eve Lucia;
(2025)
'We have something in common … it's true': Reflections on the politics and practice of solidarities in and through ethnographic co-research.
Ethnography
10.1177/14661381251400037.
(In press).
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Abstract
This article reflects on solidarities as a subject and a mode of research in the context of the privatised UK asylum system. This system excludes those seeking asylum from belonging to and in the local communities to which they are dispersed. Against this background, our research explored solidarities as imagined, practiced, and (re)constituted in negotiations of migrant deservingness in the context of asylum dispersal. Inspired by ‘patchwork ethnography’ and decolonial and feminist scholarship, we worked with a group of co-researchers with lived experience of the asylum system. Through the research, we created a space of care and mutual recognition. Drawing on ethnographic examples, we document ‘moments of repair’ and reflect on the research process, including the relationships we developed, and tensions between procedural ethics and ethics on the ground. We argue for the importance of ‘small formations’ and recognition, reasserting the humanity and dignity of people seeking asylum.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | 'We have something in common … it's true': Reflections on the politics and practice of solidarities in and through ethnographic co-research |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14661381251400037 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/14661381251400037 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2025. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | Solidarity, asylum, recognition, voice, patchwork ethnography, co-research, decolonial ethnography, feminist research ethics, sociable methods, conviviality |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10218190 |
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