Anna Lundberg
Professor
In the World : Action and Fabrication by and on Behalf of Undocumented Persons
Författare
Summary, in English
In this article, we analyse initiatives by and on behalf of undocumented migrants through Hannah Arendt’s notions of action and fabrication. We take three initiatives from the city of Malmö, Sweden, as our empirical examples: a musical, a relay, and a tent-camp action. By showing how these initiatives involve not only action and speech but also a fabrication of things, including works of art, we emphasise how these initiatives contribute to establishing what Arendt calls a space of appearance. Besides addressing the interrelation between action
and work, we also address the importance of work in changing relations between things of the world. We argue that this way of looking at action is relevant when wanting to overcome the problems associated with the inclusion/exclusion distinction. Moreover, our analysis allows for new understandings of how undocumented migrants release themselves from the circumstances of undocumentedness through political action.
and work, we also address the importance of work in changing relations between things of the world. We argue that this way of looking at action is relevant when wanting to overcome the problems associated with the inclusion/exclusion distinction. Moreover, our analysis allows for new understandings of how undocumented migrants release themselves from the circumstances of undocumentedness through political action.
Publiceringsår
2019
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
72-98
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Challenging the Political Across Borders : Migrants’ and Solidarity Struggles
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Center for Policy Studies, Central European University
Ämne
- International Migration and Ethnic Relations
Nyckelord
- solidarity
- solidary struggles
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-963-386-007-6