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“Beyond the Prison Gate”: Exploring Recognition through Photography with Former Political Prisoners in Myanmar

Gaborit, Liv LU (2021) In VIsual Anthropology 34(1). p.3-20
Abstract
This article argues that imprisonment is a liminal experience and that recognitionis needed to establish a new social status to enable parity of participation afterone’s release. The article builds on photographic action research done with fourformer political prisoners in Myanmar, and analyzes three of the photos from theproject and the process of creating and exhibiting photos. The article shows howformer prisoners experience prolonged liminality, and it argues that recognitionand access to parity of participation are key to prevent such prolonged liminalityand to offer redress for the injustice and misrecognition that former political pris-oners experienced.
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published
subject
keywords
Myanmar, Political prisoners, Visual Anthropology, Participatory Action Research
in
VIsual Anthropology
volume
34
issue
1
pages
3 - 20
publisher
Taylor & Francis
external identifiers
  • scopus:85102176119
ISSN
0894-9468
DOI
10.1080/08949468.2021.1851575
language
English
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yes
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6881c168-c608-41a2-a84c-06b7a9481658
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2021-03-09 11:55:14
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