Islands of Exile: Hemmed in by the Sea

Surrounded by unyielding waters, islands have long served as ideal sites of banishment: places where those deemed unfit to exist within the political order, are cast away. Today, at the edges of democracy, and as obedience increasingly becomes an imperative for public presence, the specter of exile islands resurfaces. The entry point for this book is a research trip to Gyaros, an island scarred by memories of displacement and persecution — memories today at risk of erasure and privatisation. Islands of Exile weaves together stories of exiled mothers, dogs, dissidents, and psychiatric patients in the Aegean Sea, narrating how humans can carve out spaces of hope and persistence.

Contributions by Antigone Samellas, David Bergé, Ernestina Karystinaiou Efthymiatou, Tonia Tzirita Zacharatou, Sanem Su Avcı, Elena Vogman, Makis Solomos, Carol Sansour

Edited by Sanem Su Avcı, Tonia Tzirita Zacharatou, David Bergé

Published by kyklàda.press
Softcover
82 Pages
105 x 165 mm
ISBN 9789464772654