The Location of Truth
Bodies and Voices in the Italian Asylum Procedure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2290690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Sorgoni (University of Turin) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 161-176 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-6976 • E-ISSN: 1555-2934 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/plar.12282 |
| OpenAlex | W2937944584 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 46 |
This article analyzes the role increasingly played by oral testimony in asylum procedures in the years 2011-2013, when the "Arab spring" and the war on Libya caused a sudden increase in the number of migrants entering Italy, as well as a peak in rejections. Drawing from ethnographic cases, I suggest that in Italy this shift was based on assumptions about the scientific objectivity and neutrality of interviewing and translation techniques. I argue that such assumptions fall apart under scrutiny by revealing all assessment techniques (both of written evidence and oral testimony) as spaces of contestation. Furthermore, I suggest that they conceal the sharp hardening of European asylum politics under supposedly neutral technicalities. At times of a perceived "refugee crisis," the mere assessment of the oral narrative allowed for easier and speedier rejections
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |