This paper proposes refugeescapes as a framework for expanding the focus of semiotic landscape
studies by centering migration, inequality, and social exclusion. In so doing, the article adds to the work of Mpendukana and Stroud (2018) and Kerfoot and
Hytlenstam (2017) in uncovering how place is structured by issues of affect, voice, and visibility. In my paper, I turn
to a case study of the spatializing practices of refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland, and the ways they counteract the
mainstream semiotic mediation of their experiences. In particular, I focus on the semiotic landscapes of transgressive
intent where asylum seekers address mistreatment in their host country. By examining material produced by refugees
and asylum seekers themselves, my paper demonstrates how enclosed spaces are a methodological venue for the field, while arguing
also for a more thorough engagement with the theory and politics of visibility/voice.
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