1st Edition

Citizenship in Crisis in Athens Migration, Media and Identity

By Afroditi-Maria Koulaxi Copyright 2025
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

Citizenship in Crisis in Athens explores the construction of citizen identity through embodied and mediated encounters with noncitizen migrants in the spatio-temporality of compounded crises. Widely recognised as central to contemporary social and political life, the dynamics of citizenship are explored here through the lens of urban change, migration, crisis, and intense mediated... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Embracing an Ethnographic Sensibility

3. Imaginaries of Crisis: Beyond Disconnecting from Inequalities

4. Cultural Erasure and Eurocentrism: Towards Nationalist Neoliberalism

5. Negotiated Convivialities: A Tale of Hospitality and Hostility

6. Conclusion

Biography

Afroditi-Maria Koulaxi is an LSE100 Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her interdisciplinary research explores identity and migration at the intersection of sociology, urban studies, media, and communications. Currently, Dr Koulaxi’s work investigates climate-driven displacement, with a particular emphasis on the immediate aftermath of Storm Daniel and its significant impact on citizenship, the digital divide, and resilience. Additional research includes an exploration of digital culture and gender, examining how femicides are represented in media narratives and emphasising the intersections of race, class, and gender in shaping public discourse on lethal violence against women.