Paper short abstract:

This film is the first-hand result of a trip following the so called 'refugee crisis' in 2015 from the Syrian-Turkish border till Germany. The anthropological lens provides here an experiential and prospective approach to the people on the move. Dir: Ignacio Fradejas-García. (2018) 15'15". English

Paper long abstract:

The information during the so called 'refugee crisis' was disputed −journalist, photographers and filmmakers brought their respectable views. Anthropology should be present in such volatile contexts of liminal displacement/emplacement, but scarcity of funding and time have limited its presence. How can we do research about people on the move? What knowledge could offer an anthropological-experimental trip following the ubiquitous 'refugee crisis'? I followed this movement of people along the Balkans migration route, taking field notes, photographs and videos looking through my anthropological lens. The results are some writings and this film: a reflexive, prospective and experiential product aiming to do participant observation on the move. I argue that it is a suitable but potentially perfectible method to study unexpected displacements of people.