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Dodgy paperwork and theories of citizenship on the Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan Borders

Kindersley, Nicki ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3220-5302 2022. Dodgy paperwork and theories of citizenship on the Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan Borders. Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies 22 (1) , pp. 103-122. 10.3138/diaspora.22.1.2022.11.12

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Abstract

This article reflects on conversations with cross-border residents in the northwest region of Uganda about local ideas of the nature of political authority and questions of identity paperwork. It notes that there is very little that is really ‘national’ or ‘state’ about the identification paperwork and practices that have emerged on these borders from the 1990s onwards. Instead of a conversation about rights and reciprocal relationships with ‘their’ state/s, residents emphasize the significance of class systems, globalized capital, and power relations in how citizenship works in this region; dynamics that are not often centered in academic literature on claim-making and state-subject relationships. The article supports a wider move towards reframing studies of citizenship, the nation-state, diaspora, and ethnic community through local vocabularies and theory.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISSN: 1044-2057
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 18 January 2023
Date of Acceptance: 1 February 2022
Last Modified: 17 Nov 2023 00:18
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155949

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