Displacement & Domesticity Since 1945: Refugees, Migrants and Expats Making Homes, Following the EAHN’s Sixth Thematic Conference (Brussels, 27–28 March 2019)

In the recent history of globalisation and mass human displacement, the practical and epistemological tools of architecture play a role in revealing the multi-faceted relationship between migration and home. The goal of the European Architectural History Network’s sixth thematic conference was to illuminate and critically reflect on the conceptual role and socio-material expressions of domesticity employed in response to displacement in contemporary history, beginning with the year 1945. Many of the papers reflected a deep interest in the processes involved in thinking, building and preserving home as well as the growing importance of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations. Inspired by this, we seek to prompt ways, especially from within the architectural discipline and community, to conceive of alternative epistemological and heuristic frameworks for integrating interdisciplinary knowledge.