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The Styrian Megaphon: Bridging Representations and Uneasy "Conviviality" in a Regional Counter-Public

The Styrian Megaphon: Bridging Representations and Uneasy "Conviviality" in a Regional... <p>Abstract:</p><p>This article offers a carefully contextualized, qualitative-thematic analysis of migrants&apos; biographies published in the Styrian monthly street magazine Megaphon. The primary contexts to this material are twofold: the protracted discussions in Europe about the past, present, and future of multicultural localities and institutions and second, the eff ects of the much-debated refugee crisis of 2015/16 on Austria. Seen in this light, the migrants&apos; Megaphon portraits enrich our understanding of lived, "convivial multi-culture" in three ways: They encapsulate a distinctive genre of cultural representation in which biographical accounts are co-produced by a migrant&apos; often an asylum-seeker&apos; and a local writer or the magazine&apos;s editor; second, such bridging representations both reflect on and counter nationalist exclusions; and finally, the Megaphon portraits constitute a particular kind of "subaltern counter-public" shared by local actors of vastly different life experiences, cultural backgrounds, and structural positions.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Austrian Studies University of Nebraska Press

The Styrian Megaphon: Bridging Representations and Uneasy "Conviviality" in a Regional Counter-Public

Journal of Austrian Studies , Volume 54 (1) – Mar 9, 2021

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University of Nebraska Press
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Copyright © Austrian Studies Association
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2165-669X

Abstract

<p>Abstract:</p><p>This article offers a carefully contextualized, qualitative-thematic analysis of migrants&apos; biographies published in the Styrian monthly street magazine Megaphon. The primary contexts to this material are twofold: the protracted discussions in Europe about the past, present, and future of multicultural localities and institutions and second, the eff ects of the much-debated refugee crisis of 2015/16 on Austria. Seen in this light, the migrants&apos; Megaphon portraits enrich our understanding of lived, "convivial multi-culture" in three ways: They encapsulate a distinctive genre of cultural representation in which biographical accounts are co-produced by a migrant&apos; often an asylum-seeker&apos; and a local writer or the magazine&apos;s editor; second, such bridging representations both reflect on and counter nationalist exclusions; and finally, the Megaphon portraits constitute a particular kind of "subaltern counter-public" shared by local actors of vastly different life experiences, cultural backgrounds, and structural positions.</p>

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Journal of Austrian StudiesUniversity of Nebraska Press

Published: Mar 9, 2021

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