Understanding Displacement Aesthetics

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History, Art and Museums

Ana Carden-Coyne, Charles Green, Chrisoula Lionis , Angeliki Roussou

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Manchester University Press
01 March 2026

History of Art & Design Styles; Museums & museology; Social & cultural history; Migration, immigration & emigration

Since the Second World War and the formalisation of the international refugee regime, forced displacement has been marked by a set of aesthetic, practical, and institutional concerns. Understanding Displacement Aesthetics examines how visual culture and art practice constructs and

challenges ideas about forced displacement and refugees. The novel framework for 'displacement aesthetics' moves beyond conventional understandings of aesthetics as merely representational, demonstrating the entanglement of visual culture, art practices, and forced displacement in postmigrant contexts. Bringing together the fields of cultural history, art history, and curatorial studies, Understanding Displacement Aesthetics identifies four areas for consideration: visual tropes of refugeedom; language and identity; institutional and artistic responses to displacement; and lived experiences of artists with backgrounds of displacement. Through archival research, visual culture and art, interviews, and collaborative curatorship, Understanding Displacement Aesthetics offers new insight into overcoming the limitations that contexts of displacement can present for artists, art galleries and institutions addressing refugeedom and its legacies.

By: Ana Carden-Coyne, Charles Green, Chrisoula Lionis, Angeliki Roussou
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 818g
ISBN: 9781526181480
ISBN 10: 1526181487
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Professor Ana Carden-Coyne is Director of the Centre for the Cultural History of War at the University of Manchester Chrisoula Lionis is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and co-Director of Artists for Artists (AfA) Angeliki Roussou is Teaching Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Edinburgh Charles Green is Professor of Contemporary Art in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne

Reviews for Understanding Displacement Aesthetics: History, Art and Museums

‘This groundbreaking volume critically engages with debates on art and displacement, while also advancing vital reflections on ethical practices in museums working with artists of refugee backgrounds – offering rich insights for scholars and students in the intersecting fields of cultural history, art history, and curatorial studies.’ —Professor Anne Ring Petersen, University of Copenhagen ‘With a sharp focus on the multiple and contested meanings of displacement, the authors have engaged with artists and curators to produce an informative and timely book that deserves a broad readership.’ —Professor Peter Gatrell, University of Manchester -- .