Anna Lundberg
Head of department
In the World : Action and Fabrication by and on Behalf of Undocumented Persons
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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.
Publishing year
2019
Language
English
Pages
72-98
Publication/Series
Challenging the Political Across Borders : Migrants’ and Solidarity Struggles
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Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Center for Policy Studies, Central European University
Topic
- International Migration and Ethnic Relations
Keywords
- solidarity
- solidary struggles
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-963-386-007-6