Abstract
ABSTRACT This article focuses on a group of refugee actors it refers to as ‘brokers of care’, who embody an array of skills, competencies, and acquired expertise that make them strategically positioned in their communities to be conduits of care and resources for others. Based on ethnographic research conducted in Istanbul in 2019, the article concentrates on the life story of one Syrian refugee, Iman, to demonstrate that while brokers of care are themselves refugees who live with all the economic precarities and political vulnerabilities that come with this fragile social position, they, nevertheless, play an essential role in the daily flow of life in the city. They mediate, linguistically and culturally, between different actors and institutions. Most importantly, the article argues, through these activities, Syrian brokers of care live out citizenship as an embodied experience while also facilitating the enactment of lived citizenship for others in their communities in Istanbul.
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