Ioannis Galanopoulos Papavasileiou, Zayed University

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

The International Journal of the Image

Publication Date

9-23-2022

Abstract

The project Views from Expatria: Photographing Place and the Self in Transience investigates the intersection between photography, expatriation, and an expanded context of human migrations. Expatriates, transient skilled workers, within today’s ease of mobility for work can easily lose sight of “home.” Recurrent transits and travels away from home are associated with the everyday experience of expatriates. Although there are many benefits associated with working abroad, these do not come without challenges for the expatriated individual. My creative work Photographing Place and Self in transience and this article reveal the social, political, and psychological complexities associated with the global phenomenon of expatriation. Using place photography and autoethnography away from practices and concepts of forced migration and refugee displacement, the work argues that living and working outside one’s home country has a profound impact on the identity of the expatriate individual. The article reassesses the ideologies of place representation, mobility, and identity, highlighting their contents and disconnects and contributes to current discourses about expatriation and the transient self.

ISSN

2154-8579

Publisher

Common Ground Research Networks

Volume

14

Issue

1

First Page

47

Last Page

61

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities

Keywords

Place Photography, Views, Landscapes, Expatriation, Autoethnography, Global Mobility

Indexed in Scopus

no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Hybrid: This publication is openly available in a subscription-based journal/series

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