CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Richner, Naomi Anne |
|---|---|
| Title | Pity, Protest and Profit: Local perceptions of transit migrants in Bogovadja, Serbia |
| Summary | The present thesis discusses attitudes of the local population towards transit migrants in Bogovadja, Serbia. While there are many studies both on transit migration and transit zones, and on attitudes of natives towards migrants in heterogeneous contexts, there is very little research on how local populations perceive and interact with migrants who are just passing through. This thesis looks at Bogovadja as a place of transit and examines how locals react to and behave within this transit zone. Based on ethnographic field research with a combination of interviews and observations, the present study finds that different actors view the transit zone and the migrants within it different ways: as humans to be pitied, as problem-causers to be protested against, or as clients to be profited from. The study concludes that the marginalization of the migrants and the temporaryness of their stay rarely allows for more nuanced perceptions and interactions between locals and migrants. |
| Supervisor | Varadi, Luca |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/richner_naomi.pdf |
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