Locked in Place: Young People's Immobilities and the Slovenian Erasure. Issue 2 (3rd March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aitken, Stuart C.
• Is Part Of: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Volume 106:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 358
• Page End: 365
• Publication Date: 2016-03-03
• Subjects: citizenship -- erasure -- Slovenia -- youth; 公民权 -- 抹除 -- 斯洛文尼亚 -- 青年。; ciudadanía -- desplazamiento -- Eslovenia -- juventud; Geography -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; Geography; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 550
• DOI: Http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/00045608.2015.1100059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2469-4452

Abstract

Abstract : The case of Slovenia's erased minority populations ( Izbrisani ) is cited as one of the worst human rights abuses in contemporary Europe. While engaging debates on the nation-state and neoliberalism, this article discusses the struggles of Izbrisani youth from 1992 to the present day through a consideration of the spatial effects of erasure, including trauma to families forced apart and young people locked in place. Theoretical insights are drawn from Agamben's ideas about bare life, Rancière's politicization of aesthetics, and Žižek's notion of radical ethical acts, which respectively provide lenses for understanding Izbrisani youth privations, awakenings, and transformations.