‘What do we see when we look at people on the move’? A visual
intervention into civil sphere and symbolic boundary theory

k 2021

‘What do we see when we look at people on the move’? A visual intervention into civil sphere and symbolic boundary theory

JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya

Základní údaje

Originální název

‘What do we see when we look at people on the move’? A visual intervention into civil sphere and symbolic boundary theory

Autoři

JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya

Vydání

The Civil Sphere Theory Working Group The First Meeting, 2021

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50401 Sociology

Stát vydavatele

Itálie

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/21:00119308

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

migration; visuality; civil sphere; public attitudes; Czechia

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 14. 3. 2022 10:26, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Photographs of migrants can evoke powerful reactions. Since the ‘migration crisis’ of 2015-16, politicians, media, and the public have all expressed strong opinions about people who cross borders. Within the civil spheres of Western democracies, debates about who belongs as a ‘good citizen’, and who should be excluded as an ‘anticivil’ outsider, result in consequences for migrants and locals alike. In this article, we engage in a visual intervention into theories of the civil sphere and symbolic boundaries. Through a cultural sociological analysis of 70 interviews conducted amongst the Czech public, we examine the boundary work surrounding two photographs of people crossing borders. The Czech context represents a compelling case through which to do so; Czechia is neither a primary transit or destination country, yet migration issues figure prominently in its civil sphere. Our findings are based on thematic and reflexive questions that organise the different grounds for boundary work amongst the RPs: ‘What are we looking at’? ‘Who are they?’ and ‘Should “we” help “them”’? The broader implications of our findings concern the role of visuality in conceptions of democratic civil spheres and the presence of boundary work that delineates who belongs and who does not.

Návaznosti

GA20-08605S, projekt VaV

Název: Třináctý imigrant? Hloubkový průzkum vnímání migrace veřejností v České republice (Akronym: Thirteenth Immigrant)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, The thirteenth immigrant? An in-depth exploration of the public perception of migration in the Czech Republic

Citovat

JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya. ‘What do we see when we look at people on the move’? A visual intervention into civil sphere and symbolic boundary theory. In The Civil Sphere Theory Working Group The First Meeting. 2021.

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   url = {https://webmagazine.unitn.it/evento/sociologia/97589/civil-sphere-theory-working-group},
   year = {2021}
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JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya. ‘What do we see when we look at people on the move’? A visual intervention into civil sphere and symbolic boundary theory. In \textit{The Civil Sphere Theory Working Group The First Meeting}. 2021.

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