the adventurers


The Adventurers / Les Aventuriers:
A series of digital photographs (2012-13) taken amongst young migrants (mostly men) from Western and Central Africa in Rabat (Morocco) – in the peripheral neighbourhoods of Douar Hajja, Maadid, and Taqaddoum.
Since 2011, I have been conducting ethnographic research on (irregular) migration in Morocco, exploring issues such as uncertainty, hope, violence, activism, immobility, and illegality. In particular, I have focused on how young men articulate their dangerous journeys as a hopeful but uncertain quest - an "adventure" - where they must overcome deadly border regimes while searching for their lives ('chercher sa vie').

This research project has resulted in numerous academic publications, including an open-access book entitled "The adventure: violent borders, illegal migration, and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco" published by Manchester University Press.
Direct link to download the free ebook : https://tinyurl.com/4rnand8n 
Other publications from research projects on migration in Morocco : Sebastien Bachelet - Research Explorer The University of Manchester

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