Narrating Asylum in Camp and at Court
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Narrating Asylum in Camp and at Court. / Danstrøm, Matilde Skov; Whyte, Zachary.
Asylum Determination in Europe: Ethnographic Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. s. 175-194.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning
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T1 - Narrating Asylum in Camp and at Court
AU - Danstrøm, Matilde Skov
AU - Whyte, Zachary
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In Denmark, as elsewhere, narratives are central to the asylum determination procedure. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this chapter investigates the ways in which asylum seekers and asylum lawyers present and re-present asylum narratives across two contrasting narrative contexts: Danish asylum centers (“camp” to asylum seekers) and the Danish Refugee Appeals Board (“court” to asylum seekers). Distinguishing between “asylum motive” and “asylum talk”, or stories for and stories of asylum, we argue that context strongly shapes the kinds of asylum narratives that are presented and shared, but also that these kinds of narratives influence each other. We show that uncertainty, credibility and authorship are central both in the Danish asylum process and for the ways in which it is understood by the actors invested in it.
AB - In Denmark, as elsewhere, narratives are central to the asylum determination procedure. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this chapter investigates the ways in which asylum seekers and asylum lawyers present and re-present asylum narratives across two contrasting narrative contexts: Danish asylum centers (“camp” to asylum seekers) and the Danish Refugee Appeals Board (“court” to asylum seekers). Distinguishing between “asylum motive” and “asylum talk”, or stories for and stories of asylum, we argue that context strongly shapes the kinds of asylum narratives that are presented and shared, but also that these kinds of narratives influence each other. We show that uncertainty, credibility and authorship are central both in the Danish asylum process and for the ways in which it is understood by the actors invested in it.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94749-5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94749-5
M3 - Book chapter
SP - 175
EP - 194
BT - Asylum Determination in Europe
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
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