Citizenship by the People?

09.12.2022 08:30 - 09:30English

What are the different practices of citizenship in repressive political regimes and post-authoritarian regimes, and how do people negotiate their relationship with the state?

Citizenship, with its legal elements as well as formal and informal practices, signifies and outlines relationship between the state and society. Different political regimes allow for different practices and experiences of citizenship and, although citizenship might appear as something static and fixed, it is constantly re-negotiated as spaces of and for citizenship are both expanding and shrinking.

Reports highlighting the increase of autocratic and repressive regimes worldwide raise concerns regarding the decline of political rights and enclosures of spaces for political action. At the same time, largescale political protests challenge the authorities in instances where they seem to be losing their legitimacy and people´s trust.

What kind of political actions do people engage in under authoritarian regimes? Is there a space for resistance and maneuvering under strongly repressive regimes? What happens in the moments of failing state legitimacy?

The conversation will explore how people maneuver changing landscapes and relations with the state by drawing on examples from Qatar, Egypt and Georgia. The panel will look at how people engage in symbolic resistance under repressive regimes and their engagement in the cases where the state fails to represent the people.

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Bergen Global
Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen

09.12.2022
08:30 - 09:30
English
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The panel

Elina Troscenko
Adviser, UiB

Her research focuses on post-Soviet space and Soviet legacies in differenet parts of the former Soviet Union.

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Giorgi Cheishvili
, Tbilisi State University

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Mari Norbakk
Post Doctoral Researcher, CMI

Social Anthropologist interested in gender, labor migration and economic inclusion.

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Elina Troscenko

Adviser, UiB

Her research focuses on post-Soviet space and Soviet legacies in differenet parts of the former Soviet Union.

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Giorgi Cheishvili

, Tbilisi State University

Mari Norbakk

Post Doctoral Researcher, CMI

Social Anthropologist interested in gender, labor migration and economic inclusion.

Mari Norbakk is a social anthropologist focused on the Middle East, specifically Egypt and Qatar as well as migrant communities in Norway. Research interests include masculinities, marriage, gender, women’s rights, revolutionary practice, class, capital and migration.

Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.