Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia

Authors

  • Robert Rydzewski Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/LSE.2017.56.10

Keywords

migration, the Balkan route, making a living, the refugee crises

Abstract

In the course of the last two years, migration through the Balkan Peninsula has shaken public opinion and influenced the political scene in Europe. As the result of bilateral agreements and the European Union’s pressure on the Balkan states, the Balkan route has been closed for migrants from the Global South. This paper aims to present ethnographic material which unveils biographical narratives of people traversing Serbia after the closure of EU external borders in February 2016. Working on collected histories, I analyse the migrants’ survival strategies and deconstruct the image of a migrant as a passive aid-taker and a victim of human trafficking.

Lodz Ethnographic Studies

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2017-10-01

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RYDZEWSKI, Robert. Mobility in The Times of Closed Borders – The Fieldnotes from Serbia. Lodz Ethnographic Studies. Online. 1 October 2017. Vol. 56, pp. 161-176. [Accessed 1 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/LSE.2017.56.10.

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Vol. 56 (2017): Na Bałkanach / O Bałkanach

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Fieldworks

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