%0 Journal Article
%T Witnessing the experience of European bordering: Watching the documentary Under den samme himmel in an immigration detention centre
%A Karina Horsti
%J International Journal of Cultural Studies
%@ 1460-356X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1367877917743606
%X This article draws on theories of bordering and mediated witnessing to examine a documentary film that mediates migrants¡¯ experiences of bordering in Europe. My analysis of Under den samme himmel/Days of Hope shows how the film captures the multiplicity of bordering practices, from geographical to socio-cultural borderings. The analysis is informed by watching and discussing the film in an immigrant detention facility in Finland with people who experienced and eye-witnessed experiences similar to those depicted in the film. This creates a sense of co-presence of the experiential landscapes in the border zones, and the film invites viewers to consider borders not as lines in the landscape, but as zones and as a form of practice that has consequences
%K border
%K detention
%K documentary film
%K Europe
%K immigration
%K media
%K witnessing
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367877917743606