The Communicative Space

Painting the Evidence and Plausibility in Asylum Court Hearings

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6451713
AutoresHelena Tužinská (0000-0003-1135-3007, Comenius University Bratislava, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume34
Fascículo6
Páginas832-855
Data de publicação2024-12-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Legal Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/09646639241307604
OpenAlexW4405617096
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas38

This article explores the state's control not only at national borders but also at the boundaries of language, culture-specific terms and legal jargon, by scrutinising how court participants are both listened to and interpreted in legal proceedings. Based on participant observation in Slovakian asylum court hearings and pre- and post-trial ethnographic interviews with asylum applicants, attorneys, interpreters and state officials, this study examines: (1) how ‘communicative space’ is established and negotiated in asylum court hearings; (2) how this space relates to the plausibility during evidence-making and (3) how Diego Velázquez's painting Las Meninas offers explanatory power for understanding dynamics in legal settings. By drawing on the work of ethnographers, philosophers, socio-legal and art theorists, this article provides new insights into the role of communicative space in plausibility assessments

Art · Linguistics · Painting · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy