| Title: |
Discourses of solidarity fatigue as ambivalent recognition among German and Polish actors in relation to Ukrainian displacement |
| Authors: |
Sharp, Rob |
| Contributors: |
British Academy/Leverhulme Trust |
| Source: |
International Journal of Cultural Studies ; volume 28, issue 6, page 1173-1191 ; ISSN 1367-8779 1460-356X |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publications |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Description: |
Solidarity has long been of interest within Cultural Studies, Migration Studies and the social sciences more broadly, but solidarity fatigue has received significantly less academic attention. Solidarity fatigue is defined here as a sense of psychological or physical exhaustion experienced by those expressing solidarity – support around a shared horizon of values. Building on the prominent political articulations of solidarity fatigue in central and Eastern European media in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, this paper looks at how solidarity fatigue is communicated and expressed through 40 interviews conducted in the spring of 2024 with employees in a range of organisations that offered solidarity to displaced Ukrainians in Germany and Poland, including non-governmental and cultural organisations. A framework of solidarity through recognition is employed to contextualise such articulations among these interviewees, encompassing emotional, legal, and sociocultural dimensions. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1177/13678779251345150 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/13678779251345150; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13678779251345150; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/13678779251345150 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ; https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9B80ED29 |
| Database: |
BASE |