This open access book explores the use of visual methods in migration studies through a
combination of theoretical analyses and empirical studies. The first section looks at how
various visual methods including photography film and mental maps may be used to analyse
the spatial presence of migrants. The second section addresses the processual building of
narratives around migration thereby using formats such as film and visual essay and
reflecting upon the ways they become carriers and mediators of both story and theory within the
subject of migration. Section three focuses on vulnerable communities and discusses how visual
methods can empower these communities thereby also focusing on the theoretical and ethical
implications of migration. The fourth section addresses the issue of migrant representation in
visual discourses. Based on these contributions a concluding methodological chapter
systematizes the use of visual methods in migration studies across disciplines with regard to
their empirical theoretical and ethical implications. Multidisciplinary in character this
book is an interesting read for students and migration scholars who engage with visual
methodologies as well as practitioners journalists filmmakers photographers curators of
exhibitions who address the topic of migration visually.
