Does bare life become bare bodies upon Death? On the biopolitics of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and drawing of lines between mournable and unmournable psychosocial bodies
(2021)
Presentation / Conference
Eda, L. (2021, July). Does bare life become bare bodies upon Death? On the biopolitics of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and drawing of lines between mournable and unmournable psychosocial bodies. Presented at Association of Pyschosocial Studies (APS) International Conference, University of Essex and online
Starting from the premise that dead bodies are beyond the reach of sovereign power and power has a grip on it only in statistical terms (Foucault, 2003), dead bodies in migration whether Alan Kurdi’s or Valeria Martínez and father’s indicate the powe... Read More about Does bare life become bare bodies upon Death? On the biopolitics of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and drawing of lines between mournable and unmournable psychosocial bodies.