Thesis of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, 2022
Master Interior Architecture (INSIDE)
Today, one percent of humanity is displaced and there are twice as many forcibly displaced people than in 2011 when the total was just under 40 million.
Many possible solutions are being given to the extent of providing shelters for migrants in precariousness. Many of these solutions seem to attempt to normalise precarity.
But so little attention has been given to the perception the migrants have of that precariousness.
Then how can my response to such phenomena go beyond merely providing shelter to understanding the relationship between displacement and belonging?
This research explores new processes towards knowing and claiming territory; it speculates on the domestic environment that may emerge through processes of listening, tracing and drawing together with those living on the front line of precariousness inside refugee camps.
To this extent this research will draw a new way of looking at hospitality as a tool for refugees to gain empowerment in the camps. How would that be for a refugee, to be a host in a hosting country?
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