Immutable: Spółdzielnia/Cooperative: An experiment in longitudinal visual ethnography of migrant activism
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Resource ID
44
Access
Open
Title
Spółdzielnia/Cooperative: An experiment in longitudinal visual ethnography of migrant activism
Author
Goldstein, Piotr
Other contributor
Kozak, Tomasz (Videography, Editing, Color Grading)
Filip, Dariusz (Videography, Editing)
Jakovljević, Dimitrije (Sound Mastering)
Publishing institution
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Date of publication
09 November 2021
Terms of use
(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Namensnennung + nicht kommerziell + keine Bearbeitung
Abstract
‘Spółdzielnia/Cooperative’ is an ethnographic documentary portraying the everyday work of a socially engaged cooperative in Manchester, UK, which is run mainly by Polish migrants. This short essay locates the film in a broader context and looks at the potential of longitudinal visual ethnography to investigate the activism of migrants and ethnic minorities outside of their community organisations. The essay follows the film in exploring three key themes. Firstly, it focuses on everyday activism – one that happens not in NGOs or protest movements but rather in everyday engagements, including in social businesses where the balance between activism and moneymaking is continuously confronted and negotiated. Secondly, it looks at migrant activism for causes detached from migrant-group advocacy and at a small community in the process of developing and constituting itself outside of the well-known diasporic “community structures”. Finally, the essay delves into the opportunities and challenges of longitudinal visual ethnography. Recorded over five years of participant observation, ‘Spółdzielnia/Cooperative’ is a story of placemaking, belonging and affirming social citizenship in a new country - this essay revisits the process of telling this story through ethnographic film.
Keywords
everyday activism
migrant activism
longitudinal visual ethnography
Polish migrants
Manchester
GND Keywords
Großbritannien 4022153-2
Manchester 4037286-8
Polnischer Einwanderer 4151434-8
Aktivist 4434804-6
Zugehörigkeit 4365362-5
Visuelle Ethnologie 1028524978
DDC
305 Personengruppen, 307 Gemeinschaften, 331 Arbeitsökonomie
RVK
MS 3550
Language
eng
Publication type
MovingImage
File format
MP4
Publisher DOI
aleph-id
BV050250306
Alma System ID
9949996159202882
Geolocation
Poland
Duration
00:26:47