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Dealing with Crises in Liminal Situations: The Agency of Forced Migrants and Solidarity Activists
Titre du projet
Dealing with Crises in Liminal Situations: The Agency of Forced Migrants and Solidarity Activists
Description
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.
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.
Chercheur principal
Statut
Ongoing
Date de début
1 Juin 2022
Date de fin
31 Mai 2026
Chercheurs
Leimgruber, Walter
Organisations
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