In the postcommunist world of organized mobility, commodified hospitality and portable devices, the category of people labelled as migrants, the displaced and refugees symbolize a different kind of movement. Among them, the postnational figure of the refugee stands out. Fleeing their land alone or in a group, on foot or on buses and trains, or via makeshift boats and commercial flights, dressed in unfamiliar clothes and borrowed identities, the refugees travel to dare a future from the taken roads. Their journey of escape is fraught with danger and despair, their survival complicated by the...
In the postcommunist world of organized mobility, commodified hospitality and portable devices, the category of people labelled as migrants, the displ...