Bibliographic Information
Article Title
Materiality in transit: An ethnographic-archaeological approach to objects carried, lost, and gained during contemporary migration journeys
Journal Title
Journal of Social Archaeology
Author(s)
Martin, Stephanie C.
Month of Publication
December
Year of Publication
2022
Volume Number
23
Issue Number
1
Article Pages
3-24
Web Address (URL)
https://doi-org.revproxy.brown.edu/10.1177/14696053221144754
Notes
Abstract
The critical role of material objects for migrants in resettlement contexts is well established, but less work has been done to investigate the role of materiality in shaping migrants’ experiences and lives in transit. This paper provides insights into the materiality of migration journeys in the eastern Mediterranean with an approach situated at the intersection of ethnography and archaeology. A focus on items migrants carried, kept, and valued, as well as items lost or gained during their journeys, is used to investigate the importance of material objects in transit, behaviors and experiences of migration journeys which may be otherwise unseen, and the ways in which migration restructures relationships between people and objects.
Taxonomies
RPA Codes & Standards
- Adequate Preparation for Research Projects
- Appropriate Dissemination of Research
- Archaeologist's Responsibility to the Public
- Integrity of Research Methodology
- Maintaining Continuity of Records
- Procedures for Field Survey or Excavation
- Specimen and Research Record Storage
CIfA Codes
- Principle 1: Adherence to ethical and responsible behaviour in archaeological affairs
- Principle 3: Responsibility for acquiring and recording reliable information of the past in archaeological research
Keywords & Terms
- Archaeology of the Contemporary
- Armed Conflict and Violence
- Border Crossing
- Integrity of Research Methodology and Field Procedures
- International Law
- Migration
- Public Interest, Collaboration, Education, and Outreach
- Respect for and Responsibility to Affected Groups
- Standards of Data Collection, Recordation, Analysis
Topics & Issues
- Archaeological Advocacy and Activism
- Archaeological Ethics - Other
- Archaeological Societies and Codes of Ethics
- Civic Engagement
- Climate Change
- Equity, Representation, and Diversity
- Ethical Case Studies
- Ethical Dilemmas
- Ethical Responsibilities of Archaeologists
- Ethics of Collecting
- Globalization and global perspectives
- Heritage Erasure
- Heritage Management
- Human Rights and Social and Economic Inequalities
- ICE Detention Centers
- Landscape Issues, Archaeology, and Ethics
- Legal Issues
- Natural Disasters
- Politics and Archaeology
- Public Archaeology
- Public Engagement, Outreach, and Education
- Public Memory and Public Space
- War, Violence, and Conflict