Before disembarkation

Autor: Katie Kuschminder
Přispěvatelé: RS: GSBE Studio Europa Maastricht, RS: GSBE MGSoG, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, RS: UNU-MERIT Theme 6
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(14), 3260-3275. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
ISSN: 1369-183X
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2020.1804192
Popis: This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian and Eritrean migrants on their journeys from their origin country to prior to disembarkation across the Mediterranean Sea in Libya. This paper builds on the work of Vigh (2006. “Social Death and Violent Life Chances.” In Navigation Youth, Generating Adulthood: Social Becoming in and African Context, edited by Catrine Christiansen, Mats Utas, and Henrik Vigh. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; 2009. “Motion Squared: A Second Look at the Concept of Social Navigation.” Anthropological Theory 9 (4): 419–438) in the social navigation approach by applying it to migration journeys and illustrating how migrants display their agency within their navigation, while simultaneously reflecting on the oppression and constrained choices that they experience in their journeys. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork with 69 respondents in Italy in 2017, this paper examines how Eritrean and Nigerian migrants experience their journeys and navigate through complex environments. The results illustrate the differences in expectations, experiences, and transnational connections of the two cases. This article contributes to the literature on migrant’s agency and social navigation of their journeys.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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