Architects of happiness: Notes on the mindwork of migration

Alexandra Dantzer

doi:10.21301/eap.v12i1.8

Autori

Alexandra Dantzer Institut za etnologiju, Univerzitet u Minsteru, Nemačka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v12i1.8

Ključne reči:

migracije, mindwork, kognitivne migracije, antropologija sreće, emocije i migracije

Apstrakt

Cilj ovog rada je izlaganje alternativnog pristupa migracijama kroz promišljanje pojma sreće, shvaćenog kao tehnologija sopstva koja je orijentisana ka budućnosti, a koja samim tim povezuje različite prostorne i vremenske horizonte. Ovakvo razmevanje pojma je zasnovano na shavtanju da sreća oblikuje koherentni svetonazor i da je osećanje sreće uvek očekivano, pre nego trenutno. U radu je argumentovano da migracije predstavljaju neprekidan misaoni proces koji nazivam mindwork, pre nego prost prelazak nacionalnih granica u potrazi za „boljim životom“. Na osnovu predloženog teoretskog okvira migracije su shvaćene kao jedan od puteva ka srećnom životu. Za razliku od prethondih radova koji se tiču odnosa emocija i migracija, u radu emocije nisu shvaćene kao sredstvo koje iskustvo migracije čini lakšim ili težim, već vice versa. Preokretanjem perspektive antropolozima je omogućeno da oplemene pristupe u oba polja, antropologiji sreće/emocija i migracija i da odgovore na pitanja kao što su: šta znači biti srećan u određenom kontekstu, kako pojam sreće figurira u svakodnevici ljudi i poslednje, ali ne najmanje bitno, zašto ljudi migriraju i šta ulažu u procesu koji je obeležen ambivalentošću kao što su migracije?

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