Author

Abigail Stepnitz

Re(art)iculating Refugees: Spectacle and the Cultural Contestation of Law

Stepnitz argues that the waning relevance of current refugee law creates a space in which the legal conception of the refugee can and must be challenged. Through the work of the Berlin-based Center for Political Beauty, she explores one way in which art offers an alternative vision in which refugees are rearticulated first and foremost as human and welcome.