Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia

<p>In the course of the last two years, migration through the Balkan Peninsula has shaken public opinion and influenced the political scene in Europe. As the result of bilateral agreements and the European Union’s pressure on the Balkan states, the Balkan route has been closed for migrants fro...

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Main Author: Robert Rydzewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze 2017-10-01
Series:Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne
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Online Access:https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/LSE/article/view/14669
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spelling doaj-6ce0b5b292a94935894b44e4b9b24b4d2020-11-25T04:01:47ZengPolskie Towarzystwo LudoznawczeŁódzkie Studia Etnograficzne 0076-03822450-55442017-10-0156016117610.12775/LSE.2017.56.1012695Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from SerbiaRobert Rydzewski0Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu<p>In the course of the last two years, migration through the Balkan Peninsula has shaken public opinion and influenced the political scene in Europe. As the result of bilateral agreements and the European Union’s pressure on the Balkan states, the Balkan route has been closed for migrants from the Global South. This paper aims to present ethnographic material which unveils biographical narratives of people traversing Serbia after the closure of EU external borders in February 2016. Working on collected histories, I analyse the migrants’ survival strategies and deconstruct the image of a migrant as a passive aid-taker and a victim of human trafficking.</p>https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/LSE/article/view/14669migracjeszlak bałkańskistrategie przetrwaniakryzys migracyjny
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Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia
Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne
migracje
szlak bałkański
strategie przetrwania
kryzys migracyjny
author_facet Robert Rydzewski
author_sort Robert Rydzewski
title Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia
title_short Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia
title_full Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia
title_fullStr Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia
title_full_unstemmed Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia
title_sort mobility in the times of closed borders – the fieldnotes from serbia
publisher Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
series Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne
issn 0076-0382
2450-5544
publishDate 2017-10-01
description <p>In the course of the last two years, migration through the Balkan Peninsula has shaken public opinion and influenced the political scene in Europe. As the result of bilateral agreements and the European Union’s pressure on the Balkan states, the Balkan route has been closed for migrants from the Global South. This paper aims to present ethnographic material which unveils biographical narratives of people traversing Serbia after the closure of EU external borders in February 2016. Working on collected histories, I analyse the migrants’ survival strategies and deconstruct the image of a migrant as a passive aid-taker and a victim of human trafficking.</p>
topic migracje
szlak bałkański
strategie przetrwania
kryzys migracyjny
url https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/LSE/article/view/14669
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