Dealing with Crises in Liminal Situations: The Agency of Forced Migrants and Solidarity Activists
| Collaborateur | Ibrahim Soysüren |
| Partenaire | Walter Leimgruber |
| Résumé |
This project aims at understanding how agency develops in times of
crises, by focusing on the perspective of precarious migrants and
solidarity activists involved in forced migration processes. We pay
particular attention to these actors’ perceptions, discourses and
practices. We work with the concept of “liminality”, which captures the “in-betweenness” and uncertainty that forced migrants experience when faced with (new) crises. With this concept, we refer to liminal spaces in which migrants live through, but also to the liminality that they experience with regard to waiting time, precarious livelihoods, and social and legal status. A specific focus of our project lies in the role that information and communication technologies play for migrants and solidarity activists in such situations. Based on a qualitative empirical research design combining participant observation, virtual methods, document analysis and interviews, we conduct three case studies, in Turkey, Romania and Switzerland. |
| Mots-clés |
Forced migration, migration crisis, liminality, agency, Syria, Ukraine |
| Page internet | http://https://nccr-onthemove.ch/projects/dealing-with-cr... |
| Type de projet | Recherche fondamentale |
| Domaine de recherche | sociology, anthropology |
| Source de financement | SNF nccr-on the move |
| Etat | En cours |
| Début de projet | 1-6-2022 |
| Fin du projet | 31-5-2026 |
| Budget alloué | 600'000 |
| Contact | Mihaela Nedelcu |