The Power of the “Right Papers”: Crossing Borders along the Western Balkan Route.

0564174 - EÚ 2023 RIV LU eng J - Journal Article
Pavlásek, Michal
The Power of the “Right Papers”: Crossing Borders along the Western Balkan Route.
UniGR-CBS Borders in Perspective thematic issue. Roč. 8, January (2022), s. 33-52. E-ISSN N
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) StrategieAV21/22
Program: StrategieAV
Institutional support: RVO:68378076
Keywords : Western Balkan Route multivalence * border spectacle * borders * politics of migration * multivalence
OECD category: Antropology, ethnology
Method of publishing: Open access
https://cbs.uni-gr.eu/en/resources/publications/thematic-issues/thematic-issue-borders-perspective-vol-8

In 2015, Europe was haunted by a specter for which mass media as well as the political establishment coined the term ‘migration crisis’ or ‘refugee crisis.’ The (re)production of the “border spectacle” (De Genova 2002, 2013) in mass media resulted in migration panic to spread throughout the public space. European countries and the EU institutions tried to resolve the “migration crisis” by securitization and militarization of borders especially on the Western Balkan route. One of the ways to become part of the gradually arising migration corridor was to undertake the journey across the Balkans together with the border crossers. I will introduce the multivalent character of the borders in the form of a diary of this journey in 2015 from Greece to Hungary to capture the multiple ways that borders can operate.
In Thematic issue: B/ORDERS ARE (NOT) EVERYWHERE (FOR EVERYONE). On the Multivalence of Borders in a Flee(t)ing Europe | Zur Multivalenz von Grenzen in einem flüchtigen Europa
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0337189