‘People like us?’ Tensions and Transformations in Racialization
and Othering in a New Immigration Context

k 2024

‘People like us?’ Tensions and Transformations in Racialization and Othering in a New Immigration Context

JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya; Ivana RAPOŠ BOŽIČ a Radka KLVAŇOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

‘People like us?’ Tensions and Transformations in Racialization and Othering in a New Immigration Context

Autoři

JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya (840 Spojené státy, garant, domácí); Ivana RAPOŠ BOŽIČ (703 Slovensko, domácí) a Radka KLVAŇOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

IRiS 2024 International Conference, 2024

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50401 Sociology

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139549

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

racialization; Othering; migration; Czechia

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 26. 3. 2025 22:20, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

In this paper, we discuss the transformative potential of tensions that result from the growing presence of people with a migratory background in a new immigration context. Applying a novel epistemological and methodological approach, the “reverse sociology of migration,” which privileges the voices and perspectives of people with a migratory background, combined with a critical cultural sociological perspective centered on the meaning-making processes of social actors, we explore how these people negotiate tensions related to their positioning in the society and how they incorporate, reproduce and transform racialized classifications. In other words, how do they face the unspoken question: are they “people like us”? We situate our study in Czechia, a relatively new context of reception for immigrants, where anti-immigrant sentiments have been increasing rapidly in recent years. Using qualitative in-depth interviews among residents with a migratory background from different regions and countries - the Middle East/North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Slovakia, Vietnam and Ukraine - we unpack the different forms of racialization and Othering they experience. We combine theories of cultural racism and symbolic boundaries to critically examine different grounds for boundary work that shape immigrant experiences with Othering and racialization in Czech society as well as their responses to it. We pay close attention to how they draw boundaries in relation to different Others – both native-born and immigrants - and how they make sense of their position in the society they inhabit, employing cultural repertoires internalized before migration, as well as those available to them in their new country.

Návaznosti

GA23-05449S, projekt VaV

Název: Lidé jako my? Reverzní sociologie migrace v České republice

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Lidé jako my? Reverzní sociologie migrace v České republice

Citovat

JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya; Ivana RAPOŠ BOŽIČ a Radka KLVAŇOVÁ. ‘People like us?’ Tensions and Transformations in Racialization and Othering in a New Immigration Context. In IRiS 2024 International Conference. 2024.

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JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya; Ivana RAPOŠ BOŽIČ a Radka KLVAŇOVÁ. ‘People like us?’ Tensions and Transformations in Racialization and Othering in a New Immigration Context. In \textit{IRiS 2024 International Conference}. 2024.

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