Dispossessions. Encompassing the “All-Taking”
摘要
This chapter focuses on dispossessions, examining what has been taken away from people on the move and its consequences; it provides a novel definition of dispossession understood as the negation of means of social reproduction in the broadest sense. Focusing on the material-culture dimension of dispossession, I seek to encompass the multi-faceted ways in which they are perpetrated and emerge and amass in the sense of chronic “crunches.” These long-term impacts can be described as “accumulated dispossessions.” The chapter provides ethnographic insights into the experiences of Syrian and Kurdish-Syrian refugees in Turkey and examines the long-term effects on rejected asylum seekers in Europe. It highlights how dispossessions can be direct or indirect and illustrates their profound impact on individuals’ sense and capabilities of home.