Bc. Mária Mokrá

Master's thesis

The boundaries of grievability: How political representatives in Slovakia construct migrants as (un)grievable

The boundaries of grievability: How political representatives in Slovakia construct migrants as (un)grievable
Abstract:
Rozdielne prístupy k migrantom v súvislosti s migračnou krízou v roku 2015 a ruskou inváziou Ukrajiny v roku 2022 poukazujú na hierarchizovaný systém, ktorý rozlišuje medzi životmi, na ktorých záleží a je ich potrebné chrániť, aby sa zredukovala ich prekarita, a životmi, pre ktoré je reakcia solidarity umlčaná. Opierajúc sa o teoretický rámec trúchlivosti, symbolických hraníc a kultúrneho rasizmu sa …more
Abstract:
Differentiated responses to migrants, in relation to the mid-2010s migration crisis and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, point to a hierarchized system, sorting among lives that matter and must be protected to minimize their precarity and lives for which the affect of care is deadened. By relying on the theoretical lenses of grievability, symbolic boundaries, and cultural racism, I address …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 4. 5. 2023

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 31. 5. 2023
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Ivana Rapoš Božič, Ph.D.
  • Reader: doc. Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Ph.D.

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