Agency; Critical phenomenology; Experience; Refugees; Vulnerability; Demography; Cultural Studies; Anthropology
Résumé :
[en] The concept of vulnerability has become central in debates and policies around migration and asylum, but its use has been criticised as ‘individualising’ vulnerability and neglecting the socio-legal structures that promote it. However, shifting the focus on the structural determinants of vulnerability risks ignoring the agentic power and subjective conditions of individuals within a group considered vulnerable. On this backdrop, the current study proposes to focus on the phenomenological level and sets out to provide an exploratory analysis of conditions of experiential vulnerability. The study draws from 15 interviews conducted with a group of young adults who continue to live in temporary reception centres in Luxembourg despite having obtained refugee status. Integrating a conceptual model of vulnerability as embedded, multi-layered, and dynamic with insights from a critical phenomenological approach, the comparative thematic analysis identified three main elements shaping young refugees’ experiences of vulnerability: positions, interpretations and (re)actions. The conclusion discusses some limitations of the study and potential implications, focusing on the potential short and long-term impact of experiential vulnerability on migrant individual’s well-being and on society as a whole.
Disciplines :
Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie: Multidisciplinaire, généralités & autres
Auteur, co-auteur :
GILODI, Amalia ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences > Team Isabelle ALBERT ; ERCOMER, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
ALBERT, Isabelle ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) > Lifespan Development, Family and Culture
NIENABER, Birte ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) > Geography and Spatial Planning
Co-auteurs externes :
no
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Toward a Critical Phenomenology of Vulnerability: Experiences of Young Refugees Building a Life in Luxembourg
Date de publication/diffusion :
2025
Titre du périodique :
Journal of International Migration and Integration
H2020 - 870700 - MIMY - EMpowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions
Organisme subsidiant :
Horizon 2020 European Union
Subventionnement (détails) :
This research was funded through the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under Grant Agreement No. 870700, as part of the MIMY project: \u201CEMpowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions\u201D.
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