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Einrichtung: gesis
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Verfasst von: Tönsing, Johanna; Aksakal, Mustafa; Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD)
Jahr: 2025
Band: 184
Sprache: Englisch
Beschreibung:
Human zoos constitute a unique and underexamined form of South-North migration within the broader framework of global migration history. This article aims to address this scholarly gap by exploring the lived experiences of individuals who were publicly exhibited, with particular attention to their migration trajectories. Drawing on theoretical insights from migration sociology and post-colonial studies, the concept of forced migration is employed to illuminate the socio-economic pressures that prompted their displacement, as well as the ways in which personal talents were mobilized to alleviate material hardship. To further unpack the complexities of their post-migratory realities, the paper engages with the notion of the "third space" - a conceptual lens that reveals the nuanced forms of resistance and negotiation enacted by exhibited individuals in their interactions with host societies within zoological contexts. The analysis argues that economic deprivation was a central catalyst for forced migration and that the exhibited subjects actively leveraged specific skills to navigate and reshape their conditions. Moreover, the study highlights the pivotal role of gender in structuring the dynamics between exhibitors and the exhibited, thereby foregrounding the agency and resistance that emerge within the third space.
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