Sandra King-Savic
Biographic Data
| ID | 301908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra King-Savic |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | King-Savic |
| SIGNATURE | KING-SAVIC S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St.Gallen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8207-8562 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conditional Whiteness and the Grammar of Belonging
On the eve of the US semiquincentennial, this essay argues that Central and Eastern Europe is indispensable to understanding the racial and civilizational grammars shaping US democracy – past and present. We contend that Eastern and Central Europe should be treated not as peripheral or episodic, but as historically entangled with US nation-making. From early twentieth-century eugenic debates and immigration quotas to contemporary invocations of ‘…
Experts, not vulnerable
Discussions on the conduct of research among individuals who reside in a place without legal status - widely referred to as irregular migrants - have long engaged with the ethical dilemmas that this work entails. Typically, this is done in relation to the perceived vulnerability of research participants. This article is the product of a collaborative reflection on methodological aspects of qualitative research with a population widely perceived a…
Who belongs to the swiss body politique—A diaspora perspective
In this paper, I try to better understand the intersection between “integration” in legal terms, and how long-term resident “non-citizens” and migrants from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) situate themselves in narratives of belonging vis a vis the normative power structure that constitutes the Swiss body politique. More specifically, how do labor and forced migrants from former Yugoslavia negotiate the shifting underst…
On the Challenges of Engagement and Doing Ethnographic Research in Conflict Zones
Catherine Wanner invited several anthropologists to come together to discuss the challenges of conducting fieldwork in a region ravaged by war. The group consisted of four anthropologists, two who conduct research in Serbia and two in Ukraine. The group discussed the ethical complications that arise for anthropologists whose field site is or was the site of war as well as the responsibilities war creates for anthropologists who respond to the out…
On the Challenges of Engagement and Doing Ethnographic Research in Conflict Zones
Catherine Wanner invited several anthropologists to come together to discuss the challenges of conducting fieldwork in a region ravaged by war. The group consisted of four anthropologists, two who conduct research in Serbia and two in Ukraine. The group discussed the ethical complications that arise for anthropologists whose field site is or was the site of war as well as the responsibilities war creates for anthropologists who respond to the out…
Who belongs to the swiss body politique—A diaspora perspective
In this paper, I try to better understand the intersection between “integration” in legal terms, and how long-term resident “non-citizens” and migrants from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) situate themselves in narratives of belonging vis a vis the normative power structure that constitutes the Swiss body politique. More specifically, how do labor and forced migrants from former Yugoslavia negotiate the shifting underst…
On the Challenges of Engagement and Doing Ethnographic Research in Conflict Zones
Catherine Wanner invited several anthropologists to come together to discuss the challenges of conducting fieldwork in a region ravaged by war. The group consisted of four anthropologists, two who conduct research in Serbia and two in Ukraine. The group discussed the ethical complications that arise for anthropologists whose field site is or was the site of war as well as the responsibilities war creates for anthropologists who respond to the out…
Experts, not vulnerable
Discussions on the conduct of research among individuals who reside in a place without legal status - widely referred to as irregular migrants - have long engaged with the ethical dilemmas that this work entails. Typically, this is done in relation to the perceived vulnerability of research participants. This article is the product of a collaborative reflection on methodological aspects of qualitative research with a population widely perceived a…
Conditional Whiteness and the Grammar of Belonging
On the eve of the US semiquincentennial, this essay argues that Central and Eastern Europe is indispensable to understanding the racial and civilizational grammars shaping US democracy – past and present. We contend that Eastern and Central Europe should be treated not as peripheral or episodic, but as historically entangled with US nation-making. From early twentieth-century eugenic debates and immigration quotas to contemporary invocations of ‘…
Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (1 work) · Centring (1 work) · CLARITY (1 work) · Conversation (1 work)