Marta Stojić Mitrović
Biographic Data
| ID | 789988 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Stojić Mitrović |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta Stojić |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitrović |
| SIGNATURE | MITROVIĆ M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Ethnography SASA, Belgrade |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4407-9473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The role and significance of spiritual fathers
This paper explores the conceptualizations of spiritual fathers in Orthodox Christianity, with a focus on the narratives of believers in the Serbian Orthodox Church. It examines the role of spiritual fathers in individual religiosity and their importance in the growth of the Orthodox faithful since the late 20th century. The research is based on ethnographic material collected during the project ?Ecclesiastical and Religious Praxes of Christian O…
The railway and clandestine migration along the Balkan migratory trail
Izbeglice (Refugees), azilanti (Asylum Seekers) and ilegalni migranti (Illegal Migrants) in Administrative and Public Discourse in Serbia
The present discourse concerning asylum and irregular migration, with all its concepts and institutions, techniques and code of conduct, was introduced in the Republic of Serbia through the EU Accession process. As a prerequisite for visa liberalization with the EU (achieved in 2009), Serbia signed readmission agreements with the EU and its member-states and adopted the Asylum Law (Zakon o azilu 2007) and the Law on Foreigners (Zakon o strancima …
The narratives of faith-based organizations on migrant education in Serbia after the closure of the formalized migration corridor in 2016
In this paper we will present narratives of the representatives of faith-based humanitarian organizations of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Seventh Day Adventist Church. The narratives provide description of the activities of these organizations regarding education of migrants in Serbia when, from the year 2016 - after the closure of the formalized migration corridor and new securitarian turn of the migration polic…
Enforcing and disrupting circular movement in an EU Borderscape
This article examines Western Balkans/EU bordering and debordering practices through a borderscape method in the context of the geopolitical positionality and (de)institutionalization of migrant housing in Serbia. From this perspective, a new ‘border variation’ can be seen emerging after the securitarian turn, transforming the external borderscape of the EU into a space of circular movement. The article sheds light on discourses, practices and pl…
Migration as the object of the anthropological inquiry
Although the first anthropological studies were the result of colonial conquests and encounters with new and different cultures, the study of migrations as a phenomenon worth of the attention for itself came to the anthropology much later. There are several reasons for this. Some arise from the conceptual-theoretical limitations that followed from the dominant scientific paradigms, others belong to the domain of research policies, which in turn a…
The Reception of Migrants in Serbia
How 'dangerous’ are migrants’ bodies? Narratives about disease and public health and techniques of governance
In this text I represent the narratives about migrants which are related to their bodies as potential/plausible carriers of diseases that could be spread to local population. The narratives are considered as special manifestations of the discourse of fear, though which migrants are being construed as a form of corporeal security threat. In particular, through the analysis of narratives about ebola and scabies, the potential to use the fear from d…
The reproduction of borders and the contagiousness of illegalisation
For the past couple of years, Serbia has become a transit country for the ever increasing number of migrants from Africa and Asia, travelling towards the EU. As part of the process of approaching the EU - first achieving the liberalisation of the visa regime for entry into the Schengen area in 2009 and then getting the official status of a candidate member in 2012 - Serbia needed to harmonise its policies with those of the EU, especially in the a…
Serbian migration policy concerning irregular migration and asylum in the context of the EU integration process
In this paper I would like to present Serbian migration policy concerning irregular migration and asylum in the context of the attempts of the Serbian state to become a member of the European Union. I would describe the history of the asylum system prior and after the implementation of the independent asylum system in Serbia in 2008. My presentation of the Serbian migration policy would be channelled by the analysis of some particular political i…
Presenting as a problem, acting as an opportunity
Serbian migration practice is the result of often conflicting policies at the regional, state and local level. The manifold values and interests constituting the concepts on which these policies were based have led to the transformation of the presence of migrants in certain areas into an object of political manipulation. Thus the presence of migrants became a focal point of conflicts between the state and local government, or between people with…
Stigmatization as a result of the illegalization of some forms of transnational movement
The process of legalization and legitimization of discrimination of foreigners who are trying to reach some of the EU countries without appropriate permissions is the major topic of this text. It is shown how a legal and administrative qualification of a type of movement transforms into a social qualification of people who are undertaking that type of movement. To put it differently, the process of metaphoric transformations of the illegal moveme…
Human rights and citizenship
The phenomenon of universal human rights, as described in the Universal declaration of human rights in 1948 doesn't seem to be able to exert itself as truly universal. For this, there are two reasons: one is politico-legal in nature, and the other is conceptual. From a politico-legal point of view, human rights are a practice which is perceived as law, a precedent which is still taking place, the illusion of law, a custom practice by a few which …
World financial crisis as an indicator of a systemic discrimination of migrants
World financial crisis can be viewed as bringing about insights into some characteristics of our social, political and economic systems. The case of migrant construction workers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia working in Slovenia, fired in the name of the financial crisis, undoubtedly calls attention to the existence of systemic discrimination which is based on nationality
The Reception of Migrants in Serbia
Enforcing and disrupting circular movement in an EU Borderscape
This article examines Western Balkans/EU bordering and debordering practices through a borderscape method in the context of the geopolitical positionality and (de)institutionalization of migrant housing in Serbia. From this perspective, a new ‘border variation’ can be seen emerging after the securitarian turn, transforming the external borderscape of the EU into a space of circular movement. The article sheds light on discourses, practices and pl…
The railway and clandestine migration along the Balkan migratory trail
Human rights and citizenship
The phenomenon of universal human rights, as described in the Universal declaration of human rights in 1948 doesn't seem to be able to exert itself as truly universal. For this, there are two reasons: one is politico-legal in nature, and the other is conceptual. From a politico-legal point of view, human rights are a practice which is perceived as law, a precedent which is still taking place, the illusion of law, a custom practice by a few which …
World financial crisis as an indicator of a systemic discrimination of migrants
World financial crisis can be viewed as bringing about insights into some characteristics of our social, political and economic systems. The case of migrant construction workers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia working in Slovenia, fired in the name of the financial crisis, undoubtedly calls attention to the existence of systemic discrimination which is based on nationality
Stigmatization as a result of the illegalization of some forms of transnational movement
The process of legalization and legitimization of discrimination of foreigners who are trying to reach some of the EU countries without appropriate permissions is the major topic of this text. It is shown how a legal and administrative qualification of a type of movement transforms into a social qualification of people who are undertaking that type of movement. To put it differently, the process of metaphoric transformations of the illegal moveme…
Human rights and citizenship
The phenomenon of universal human rights, as described in the Universal declaration of human rights in 1948 doesn't seem to be able to exert itself as truly universal. For this, there are two reasons: one is politico-legal in nature, and the other is conceptual. From a politico-legal point of view, human rights are a practice which is perceived as law, a precedent which is still taking place, the illusion of law, a custom practice by a few which …
Serbian migration policy concerning irregular migration and asylum in the context of the EU integration process
In this paper I would like to present Serbian migration policy concerning irregular migration and asylum in the context of the attempts of the Serbian state to become a member of the European Union. I would describe the history of the asylum system prior and after the implementation of the independent asylum system in Serbia in 2008. My presentation of the Serbian migration policy would be channelled by the analysis of some particular political i…
Presenting as a problem, acting as an opportunity
Serbian migration practice is the result of often conflicting policies at the regional, state and local level. The manifold values and interests constituting the concepts on which these policies were based have led to the transformation of the presence of migrants in certain areas into an object of political manipulation. Thus the presence of migrants became a focal point of conflicts between the state and local government, or between people with…
The reproduction of borders and the contagiousness of illegalisation
For the past couple of years, Serbia has become a transit country for the ever increasing number of migrants from Africa and Asia, travelling towards the EU. As part of the process of approaching the EU - first achieving the liberalisation of the visa regime for entry into the Schengen area in 2009 and then getting the official status of a candidate member in 2012 - Serbia needed to harmonise its policies with those of the EU, especially in the a…
How 'dangerous’ are migrants’ bodies? Narratives about disease and public health and techniques of governance
In this text I represent the narratives about migrants which are related to their bodies as potential/plausible carriers of diseases that could be spread to local population. The narratives are considered as special manifestations of the discourse of fear, though which migrants are being construed as a form of corporeal security threat. In particular, through the analysis of narratives about ebola and scabies, the potential to use the fear from d…
Migration as the object of the anthropological inquiry
Although the first anthropological studies were the result of colonial conquests and encounters with new and different cultures, the study of migrations as a phenomenon worth of the attention for itself came to the anthropology much later. There are several reasons for this. Some arise from the conceptual-theoretical limitations that followed from the dominant scientific paradigms, others belong to the domain of research policies, which in turn a…
The Reception of Migrants in Serbia
The narratives of faith-based organizations on migrant education in Serbia after the closure of the formalized migration corridor in 2016
In this paper we will present narratives of the representatives of faith-based humanitarian organizations of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Seventh Day Adventist Church. The narratives provide description of the activities of these organizations regarding education of migrants in Serbia when, from the year 2016 - after the closure of the formalized migration corridor and new securitarian turn of the migration polic…
Enforcing and disrupting circular movement in an EU Borderscape
This article examines Western Balkans/EU bordering and debordering practices through a borderscape method in the context of the geopolitical positionality and (de)institutionalization of migrant housing in Serbia. From this perspective, a new ‘border variation’ can be seen emerging after the securitarian turn, transforming the external borderscape of the EU into a space of circular movement. The article sheds light on discourses, practices and pl…
Izbeglice (Refugees), azilanti (Asylum Seekers) and ilegalni migranti (Illegal Migrants) in Administrative and Public Discourse in Serbia
The present discourse concerning asylum and irregular migration, with all its concepts and institutions, techniques and code of conduct, was introduced in the Republic of Serbia through the EU Accession process. As a prerequisite for visa liberalization with the EU (achieved in 2009), Serbia signed readmission agreements with the EU and its member-states and adopted the Asylum Law (Zakon o azilu 2007) and the Law on Foreigners (Zakon o strancima …
The role and significance of spiritual fathers
This paper explores the conceptualizations of spiritual fathers in Orthodox Christianity, with a focus on the narratives of believers in the Serbian Orthodox Church. It examines the role of spiritual fathers in individual religiosity and their importance in the growth of the Orthodox faithful since the late 20th century. The research is based on ethnographic material collected during the project ?Ecclesiastical and Religious Praxes of Christian O…
The railway and clandestine migration along the Balkan migratory trail
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Serbian (5 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic geography (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works)