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- Title
(Un)making the established-outsiders figuration in anti-racist and migrant rights activism.
- Authors
Kuukkanen, Mari
- Abstract
The article discusses recent anti-racist and migrant rights activism in Finland with the help of Norbert Elias' figurational sociology and the concept of the established-outsiders figuration. The mobilisation of 'outsiders' (racialised minorities and migrants) has reordered the contemporary field and challenged the 'established' majority activists to reflect on their own practices. Through combining figurational and cultural perspectives, I compare the extent to which established liberal and left-libertarian activists, with their distinct ideological positions, have succeeded in transforming the power ratio between themselves and the outsiders. This article advances the use of the established-outsiders conceptualisation in cases where the established support, in principle, the outsiders' inclusion. This helps to shed light on both the more covert and subtle ways through which the established reproduce their power as well as their agency in dismantling the power disparity.
- Subjects
FINLAND; ELIAS, Norbert, 1897-1990; ANTI-racism; FIGURATIVE art; IMMIGRANTS; ACTIVISM; RIGHTS; ACTIVISTS
- Publication
Current Sociology, 2024, Vol 72, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
0011-3921
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00113921221082699