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@article{1407927, author = {Rapošová, Ivana}, article_location = {Abingdon}, article_number = {11}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1440543}, keywords = {cultural activism; migration; civil society; multicultural festival; symbolic boundaries}, language = {eng}, issn = {1369-183X}, journal = {Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies}, title = {‘We can’t just put any belly-dancer into the program’ : cultural activism as boundary work in the city of Bratislava}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1440543}, volume = {45}, year = {2019} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1407927 AU - Rapošová, Ivana PY - 2019 TI - ‘We can’t just put any belly-dancer into the program’ : cultural activism as boundary work in the city of Bratislava JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies VL - 45 IS - 11 SP - 2100-2117 EP - 2100-2117 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group SN - 1369183X KW - cultural activism KW - migration KW - civil society KW - multicultural festival KW - symbolic boundaries UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1440543 L2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1440543 N2 - Festivals are an increasingly more popular form of contemporary cultural activism. Countering prejudice through arts, using culture as a tool of communication, and creating an opportunity for marginalised groups to participate in public life, they represent a specific and novel means of civic activism. In this paper, I introduce a case study of the multicultural festival [fjúžn], aiming to enhance the public visibility of ‘new minorities’ and bring attention to the ethnic and cultural diversity in the city of Bratislava, Slovakia. Building on a festival ethnography and drawing on the perspective of boundary work (Jaworsky 2016), I show how the festival organisers work towards crossing and blurring symbolic boundaries in society. I offer a close interpretive reading of their attempts at capturing public places and cultivating a diverse language-scape, while showing how they simultaneously maintain, solidify, or even inscribe new boundaries. I conclude by raising critical points about the potential of activist cultural festivals to shift symbolic boundaries in the long run and serve as tools of social inclusion. ER -
RAPOŠOVÁ, Ivana. ‘We can’t just put any belly-dancer into the program’ : cultural activism as boundary work in the city of Bratislava. \textit{Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies}. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor \&{} Francis Group, 2019, vol.~45, No~11, p.~2100-2117. ISSN~1369-183X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1440543.
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