Patterns of Reflective Solidarity and Migrant Resistance in Copenhagen and Berlin

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ID2370751
AutoresBirte Siim (0000-0001-9267-2581, University of Aalborg, Denmark, autor correspondente), Susi Meret (0000-0002-3331-3682, University of Aalborg, Denmark)
Ano2021
Volume47
Fascículo2
Páginas219-233
Data de publicação2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920520944517
OpenAlexW3046043086
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas21

Inspired by Jodi Dean's understanding of the reflective solidarity of strangers, this contribution explores forms of migrant solidarity and resistance in Copenhagen and Berlin. It investigates how 'hybrid' forms of solidarity emerged out of different circumstances in Trampoline House and the Oranienplatz refugee protest camp. The two selected cases are particularly interesting for exploring how models of contentious and non-contentious civil society mobilisation and engagement cope with inequalities, disagreement and differences; how awareness of inequalities affects relations of solidarity between refugees and local activists as well as between groups of refugees. The analysis suggests that despite the substantial differences between the two cases, the groups involved in the research experienced similar challenges in overcoming inequalities and diversity. Arguably, the tensions and disagreements within groups can potentially develop into forms of reflective solidarity, aimed at reshaping the boundaries created by differences of race, class, ethnicity and gender

Ethnic group · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Solidarity · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Populism, Right-Wing Movements