Ruiter, de, Berthine (2017) The “Other Voice”: Life Stories of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Malta. Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
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Abstract
In a time where new borders and frontiers are set up and policed by states based on the categorization of desirable and undesirables, migrants are increasingly seen as Others, but apart from only being subjected to it they can also actively partake in the process of Othering themselves. Agency however is often missing in the existing literature in relation of forced migration. This thesis researches how the Sub-Saharan African migrant becomes the “Other” of Maltese society and to what extent this othering is conditioning their identity formation. In I will do so by examining how they react to the othering they are subject to and how this is met with agency. There has been little interview based research on the experiences and life stories of Sub-Saharan African migrants living in Malta which include their point of view. This thesis places forced migrants at the centre of the study and as such makes them experts and owners of knowledge, providing a missing angle of the Other’s knowledge. This thesis aims to broaden our understanding of Otherness by highlighting different narratives of Sub-Saharan African migrants living in Malta which reflect their agency and voices, thereby reworking the notions of the “Other”. It are these stories that allow for alternative voices to be heard and can bring out the diversity behind overly generalised constructions. Key notes: irregular migration, Malta, refugee crisis, borders, boundaries, othering, agency
| Type: | Thesis (Master) | ||||||||||||
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| Degree programme: | Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation | ||||||||||||
| Academic year: | 2016- 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Date of delivery: | 10 Nov 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Last modified: | 10 Nov 2017 09:47 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | https://ggw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/300 |
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