Precarious housing, precarious belonging: using arts-based participatory methods to explore the experiences and perspectives of young asylum seekers living in temporary accommodation | AHRC CDA
Subject: Cultural Policy
HEI: Edinburgh Napier University
School: School of Applied Sciences
Supervisors: Dr Taulant Guma (Edinburgh Napier University);Â Professor Kerstin Stutterheim (Edinburgh Napier University); Dr Sharifa Abdulla (University of Glasgow); Yvonne Blake (Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment)
Discipline+Catalyst: Cultural & Museum Studies, Creative Arts & Design
Knowledge Exchange Hub: Citizenship, Culture and Ethics
Keywords: Young asylum seekers, temporary housing, arts-based participatory, sociology, racial justice
About Arrate’s Research:
This project examines how temporary accommodation and precarious housing affect young asylum seekers’ sense of identity and belonging. The use of hotels to house asylum seekers in the UK has increased dramatically since the start of Covid-19 pandemic, with more than 35,000 individuals currently living in around 220 hotels across the country, a number that includes children and young people. While the negative impacts of living in these forms of temporary accommodation have been widely reported in the media and highlighted in the academic literature, we know very little about the experiences of young asylum seekers themselves. Using arts-based participatory methods, I aim to make these experiences visible and advocate for change by co-creating with the community and encouraging safe, collaborative spaces based on equality and care.
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