Greece represents a unique context in which to explore the imagination-(im)mobility nexus: both a transit country and final destination for refugees. This article explores the imagination of refugee victims of torture in Athens as they weave together images of the past, present and future to confer meaning to their current situation and imagine new possible futures. In the context of a growing interest in emotions and temporalities linked to migration, the aim of this paper is thus to explore the complex interplay between the imagination of migrants and the trauma from the theoretical standpoint of sociocultural psychology. The paradoxes are multiple: (i) Migration is inherently imaginative, in the sense that the actualisation of migration begins with individuals imagining their destination; (ii) however, trauma related to forced migration experiences in particular may impede imagination. To further add to the complexity: it may be imagination itself which acts as an essential component to healing from trauma. The article explores forced migrants’ mobility choices and individual migration trajectories to provide insight into how the emotionality of subjective experiences, as well as the sociocultural context, are fundamentally involved in people’s plans to migrate and the development of their ever-changing imagination of a better future elsewhere. The results similarly illustrate imagination as being significantly shaped by the collective imaginings of entire communities.

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（非）想象力和（非）流动性：在希腊酷刑的难民受害者中探索过去并构建可能的未来

希腊代表了一个独特的环境，可以在其中探索想象-（不动）流动性的关系：既是难民的过境国，也是最终目的地。本文探讨了在雅典遭受酷刑的难民的想象力，他们将过去、现在和未来的图像编织在一起，赋予他们目前的处境以意义，并想象新的可能的未来。在对与移民相关的情感和时间的兴趣日益浓厚的背景下，本文的目的是从社会文化心理学的理论角度探讨移民的想象力与创伤之间复杂的相互作用。悖论是多重的：(i) 移民本质上是富有想象力的，从某种意义上说，移民的实现始于个人对目的地的想象；(ii) 然而，特别是与被迫移徙经历有关的创伤可能会阻碍想象力。进一步增加复杂性：想象力本身可能是创伤愈合的重要组成部分。本文探讨了被迫移民的流动选择和个人移民轨迹，以深入了解主观体验的情感以及社会文化背景如何从根本上参与人们的移民计划以及他们不断变化的对更好的想象的发展。未来在别处。结果同样表明，整个社区的集体想象极大地塑造了想象力。本文探讨了被迫移民的流动选择和个人移民轨迹，以深入了解主观体验的情感以及社会文化背景如何从根本上参与人们的移民计划以及他们不断变化的对更好的想象的发展。未来在别处。结果同样表明，整个社区的集体想象极大地塑造了想象力。本文探讨了被迫移民的流动选择和个人移民轨迹，以深入了解主观体验的情感以及社会文化背景如何从根本上参与人们的移民计划以及他们不断变化的对更好的想象的发展。未来在别处。结果同样表明，整个社区的集体想象极大地塑造了想象力。