1 Introduction Forced migration can be understood not only as a response to crisis, but also as an anticipatory practice: a form of action shaped by imagined futures and attempts to move toward what is not yet. In the case of Congolese refugees in Kampala, such a framework must be situated within the context of a protracted crisis, namely the persistent, decades-long conflict in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ongoing now for over 30 years.
