Displaced and Forgotten: The Effectiveness of Refugee Camps as Shelters in Places of Conflict Part 1 Dissertation 2021 Mertali Keskin Ravensbourne University London | UK Inquiring into a nearly a three-decade long unrest, my dissertation focused on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, during the 1990s. I looked at how biopolitics and biopower are two of the many theories which help us justify the use of refugee camps.The dissertation looked into the ethical practices of the governments and non-profit organisations and whether or not they do enough to help facilitate people that have been forced to migrate.By exploring the history of the conflict, I was able to explore how governments, both democratic and totalitarian, use camps to control a group of people – both physically and psychologically.In addition to this, the dissertation broke down the various types of biopolitics and how each one has played a role within the conflict. Looking to similar cases in other regions of the world.It also explored how the government in charge was forcing refugees to settle in rundown apartment blocks with no electricity, heating or running water. This was done in order to create the illusion of progress when the people were simply left to fend for themselves. Tutor(s) Azadeh Zaferani