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8. September 2021
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Ahmad AL Ajlan presented a paper at the 15th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) in the Research Network “Social Theory”.
"The Asylum Procedure in Germany as Total Institution: Theorizing Violence in Collective Accommodations"
The study applies the concept “total institutions”, which is derived from the famous study called Asylums by Erving Goffman. The main characteristic of the “total institution” is that it takes away the inmates’ ability to choose by forcing them into a deindividualized life, ending up with losing control of their lives.
The study argues that this feature is also present in the collective accommodations of asylum seekers since the asylum procedure as a “total institution” also enforces people to be under specific laws with specific implications, depriving them of a normal life as adult people. Based on this concept the study explores how violence occurs among young adult asylum seekers in collective accommodations.
For more details please read the article in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
The study applies the concept “total institutions”, which is derived from the famous study called Asylums by Erving Goffman. The main characteristic of the “total institution” is that it takes away the inmates’ ability to choose by forcing them into a deindividualized life, ending up with losing control of their lives.
The study argues that this feature is also present in the collective accommodations of asylum seekers since the asylum procedure as a “total institution” also enforces people to be under specific laws with specific implications, depriving them of a normal life as adult people. Based on this concept the study explores how violence occurs among young adult asylum seekers in collective accommodations.
For more details please read the article in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.