Transnational moralities: the politics of ir/responsibility of and against the EU border regime

Perl, Gerhild; Strasser, Sabine (2018). Transnational moralities: the politics of ir/responsibility of and against the EU border regime. Identities. Global Studies in Culture and Power, 25(5), pp. 507-523. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/1070289X.2018.1507979

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The death of Alan Kurdi, the boy washed ashore in Turkey in September 2015, provoked a global moral outcry. The pictures of the toddler went viral across social networks and in the media. Following these images across borders, we analyse moral and political responses to the ‘EU refugee crisis’ by illuminating the circumstances under which people feel, take on, and demand responsibility. Considering EU policies and their lethal consequences as mechanisms of an organised irresponsibility, we show how the circulation and modification of the images played on moral sentiments and on political demands in Europe and across the Mediterranean. The anthropological engagement with transnational moralities contributes to the analysis of politics of ir/responsibility of and against the EU border regime.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Social Anthropology
UniBE Contributor:	Perl, Gerhild, Strasser, Sabine
Subjects:	300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
ISSN:	1547-3384
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Funders:	[UNSPECIFIED] Swiss National Science Foundation ; [UNSPECIFIED] University of Bern
Language:	English
Submitter:	Johanna Weidtmann
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2017 11:04
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:03
Publisher DOI:	10.1080/1070289X.2018.1507979
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Responsibility, transnational flows, moral economy, moral sentiments, Turkey, EU border regime
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/97252