Open AccessOld Rhetoric and New Devices: Quarantine Ships as an Instrument of Externalization
Author(s) -
Stefania Spada
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dve domovini
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1581-1212
pISSN - 0353-6777
DOI - 10.3986/dd.2021.2.11
Subject(s) - rhetoric , externalization , narrative , action (physics) , quarantine , political science , public relations , sociology , covid-19 , psychology , social psychology , literature , medicine , art , philosophy , linguistics , physics , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The article aims to illustrate and explore the rhetoric and institutional approach toward migrants – asylum seekers in particular – undertaken by Italy following the COVID-19 crisis. Through the account of the different “narrative phases” and the consequent institutional action undertaken, this article intends to demonstrate how the health crisis has sharpened and even intensified pre-existing attitudes and practices. The actions taken in the last year can be understood as a further step in the process of externalizing the borders. Through the instrumental use of rhetoric and illegitimate practices, a sort of de-territorialization has been implemented through the use of quarantine ships.