LA LINEA DELL’ORIZZONTE, A FIRST ETHNO-GRAPHIC EXPERIENCE: THE POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITS OF COMICS FOR ETHNOGRAPHY

The aim of the article is to reflect on the process of dissemin- ating ethnographic research via the language of comics, drawing on the author’s experience as a (co-)author of La linea dell’orizzonte. An ethno- graphic novel on migration between Bangladesh, Italy, and London. The mentioned experience helped to identify certain advantages of conveying ethnography through comic books: effective communication of the research process; a precise depiction of the spatial and environmental context in which the social phenomenon examined occurs; a suitable rendering of the emotional atmosphere; and a deep exploration of the researcher’s reflexive processes. Accordingly, in this article these opportunities and limitations are investigated along with other possibilities and constraints encountered by the author in the process of composing an ‘ethnographic novel’.