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Accepted Paper:
What's so good about moving? Being, doing and living in motion
Gerhard Hoffstaedter
(University of Queensland)
Paper short abstract:
In this paper I put into conversation the movements of one of my close refugee interlocutors from the field with my own movements to study anthropology and conduct research amongst refugees in Southeast Asia.
Paper long abstract:
Movement is foundational to the anthropological project of writing about 'them' for 'us'. The movement to the field has been challenged by broader mobility and the possibility to do fieldwork at home and online. In this paper I put into conversation my own movements to study anthropology and conduct research amongst refugees in Southeast Asia with the movements of one of my close interlocutors from the field. He is a former refugee who had to flee his homeland due to persecution and has been resettled. Much of our further mobility shares aspirations and opportunities afforded by movement over staying. Through case studies and personal reflection I attempt to theorise the value we attach to our moves and how people's hopes, values and the politics of containment and movement collide.