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SUMMARY:The Politics of Dignity: Existential Movements in Post-Revolution
 ary Tunisia 
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DESCRIPTION:Valentina Zagaria (University of Manchester): The Politics of
  Dignity: Existential Movements in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia.\n\nThis p
 aper seeks to approach dignity (karama) ethnographically to propose a mu
 lti-layered understanding of the movements and politics that it continue
 s to enliven in Tunisia\, despite widespread sentiments of defeat with r
 egards to the aspirations of the 2011 revolution. Dignity constitutes th
 e central claim of the revolts known as the “Arab Uprisings”\, as well a
 s the drive for the harga – the undocumented crossing of the Mediterrane
 an Sea from North Africa to Europe. It is a crucial and yet seldom defin
 ed political concept. Based on long-term fieldwork in the south-eastern 
 Tunisian town of Zarzis\, the paper delves into the expansive and exclus
 ionary solidarities that emerged during a five-month protest movement in
  the town between September 2022 and February 2023\, sparked by the disa
 ppearance of seventeen young people on their crossing to Italy. By explo
 ring different inhabitants’ attempts to carve out better presents and fu
 tures for themselves through the harga\, as well as moments of collectiv
 e action against the violence of borders and the contempt of local\, nat
 ional\, and foreign authorities\, the paper anchors Mediterranean crossi
 ngs in existential and shared struggles over dignity\, whilst exploring 
 both its emancipatory and reactionary potential. 
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