ABSTRACT
Change in the regimes of ignorance occurs in the contemporary world in relation to processes of projection, expectation, and subsequent contestation, which are triggered by unexpected events and crises. In accordance with this analytical predicament, the chapter embarks on an examination of the 2015–2016 European refugee crisis as a site where the production and reproduction of ignorance unfolds in relation to such projective and contestatory processes. It analyzes the crisis in terms of a window of opportunity for bringing change in the regimes of ignorance regarding the global refugee crisis and the challenges brought about by the increased mobility of people. The examination of the modalities of presenting the crisis in the academic research allows us to systematize patterns of contestation of the crisis and discuss the ignorance-related effects of the interaction between ignorance and processes of contestation in this field. The chapter draws attention to the predominance of the contestatory forms of knowledge in the academic research – not only in relation to the public policy effects but also to the crisis character of the crisis as such.
