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Camp Life

Camp Life is an academic construct in Refugee Studies that denotes the systematic analysis of social, spatial, and institutional conditions shaping daily existence within refugee camps, distinguishing it from broader displacement experiences by focusing on the temporality, governance, and lived realities specific to camp-based humanitarian settings.

256

Publications

11.9K

Citations

431

Authors

228

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

53

Parents

Publications

256

Managing the undesirables: refugee camps and humanitarian government

Michel Agier · Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 441 citations

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Camp grounds: style and homosexuality

Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 359 citations

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What Is a Refugee Camp? Explorations of the Limits and Effects of the Camp

Simon Turner · Journal of Refugee Studies · 2015 · 351 citations

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Between War and City

Michel Agier · Ethnography · 2002 · 341 citations

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Managing the Undesirables: Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Government

Stephanie J. Nawyn · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2012 · 309 citations

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Authors

431

  1. KA
    Karla A. Henderson

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    6 publications · 507 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. MD
    M. Deborah Bialeschki

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    6 publications · 406 citations

    6

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  3. MA
    Michel Agier

    École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France

    4 publications · 1K citations

    4

    h-index

  4. MW
    Michi Weglyn

    California State University, Dominguez Hills, United States

    4 publications · 240 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. RD
    Richard Drinnon

    Bucknell University, United States

    3 publications · 78 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

228

  1. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    604 citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    238 citations

  3. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    381 citations

  4. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    164 citations

  5. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    102 citations

  6. Coventry University

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    96 citations

  7. Florida College

    Temple Terrace, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 23 publications · 2.3K citations

    18

    h-index

  2. Journal of Refugee Studies

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    12

    h-index

  3. Journal of Palestine Studies

    JPS · 7 publications · 207 citations

    7

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  4. Humanity

    5 publications · 275 citations

    5

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  5. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 5 publications · 250 citations

    5

    h-index

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