Kriminelle, Junkies und andere Bösewichte

Sicherheitswissen und moralische Grenzziehungen in Johannesburg, Murcia und Santiago de Chile

The chapter, co-authored with Boris Nieswand and Damian Martinez, examines how different moral bodies of knowledge emerge around the topic of crime in Johannesburg, Murcia and Santiago de Chile, which guide local border and boundary-making practices. Despite local particularities, an astonishing degree of similar mechanisms emerges. In all three cities, people who are perceived as poor are also portrayed as potential criminals.

The article was published in: Frie, Ewald / Meier, Mischa / Dürr, Renate / Franke, Astrid / Patzold, Steffen / Nieswand, Boris / Rhiem, Max (Hrsg.) Krisen anders Denken. Wie Menschen mit Bedrohungen umgegangen sind und was wir daraus lernen können. (mit Damián Omar Martínez und Boris Nieswand) Berlin: Propyläen, S. 210-224.

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