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AbstractIn Belarus the state systematically hinders the development of civil society. NGOs have difficulties registering, functioning and sustaining their organisations. Some individuals related to the civil sector are persecuted, fined, imprisoned. Therefore a number of NGOs are registered abroad and civil society activists move with them to continue their work on Belarusian issues. In this article we aim to define people who left Belarus in order to work for Belarus as Belarusian Political Nomads, using the notion of transnational subjectivity to explore their migration strategies.The article is based on 15 semi-structured interviews held in London (UK) and Vilnius (LT). Interviews were analysed using the concepts oftransnational subjectivitiesandpolitical nomadism, and combining elements from a critical events narrative analysis approach.People who left Belarus to work for Belarus are Belarusian Political Nomads, because they create new democratic development visions for Belarus. Their individual political motivation can stem from the critical events that were registered in this research as turning points. Informants, individual conditions, histories and life experiences influence the outcomes of these events in terms of interpretation and induced motivation to engage in civil society activities.Belarusian Political Nomads form their migration strategies on the basis of their transnational subjectivities, which can be characterised by temporal and symbolic relations to the receiving country, and long-term intensive dissociative relations to the sending countries' political regime, as well as a strong relationship to the new visions of Belarus.

Engaging in civil society activities in Belarus is a challenge, thats why some organisations and activists move between two countries in order to continue their civic activities. In this thesis, we describe such people as "Belarusian political nomads". The central motivation for this dissertation is to extend understanding about Belarusian political migration and nomadism, and to critically enquire into the nomadic motives and strategies chosen by NGO activists from Belarus, and into the conditions that enable and support these strategies. The thesis describes the migratory and nomadic experiences of Belarusian political nomads, and explains how the transnational subjectivities of Belarusian political nomads are formed. Overall, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted. The data collected was analysed using post-structural concepts and elements from the narrative research. We concluded that in Belarus regime acts towards Belarusian political nomads as a preventer and discourager. Political nomads interpret their migration experiences by incorporating elements from different spheres of life and the identities that are offered to them. Belarusian political nomads often considered the same events as turning points, however the ways in which they impact each political nomad individually, are complex and diverse.

Engaging in civil society activities in Belarus is a challenge, thats why some organisations and activists move between two countries in order to continue their civic activities. In this thesis, we describe such people as "Belarusian political nomads". The central motivation for this dissertation is to extend understanding about Belarusian political migration and nomadism, and to critically enquire into the nomadic motives and strategies chosen by NGO activists from Belarus, and into the conditions that enable and support these strategies. The thesis describes the migratory and nomadic experiences of Belarusian political nomads, and explains how the transnational subjectivities of Belarusian political nomads are formed. Overall, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted. The data collected was analysed using post-structural concepts and elements from the narrative research. We concluded that in Belarus regime acts towards Belarusian political nomads as a preventer and discourager. Political nomads interpret their migration experiences by incorporating elements from different spheres of life and the identities that are offered to them. Belarusian political nomads often considered the same events as turning points, however the ways in which they impact each political nomad individually, are complex and diverse.

Engaging in civil society activities in Belarus is a challenge, thats why some organisations and activists move between two countries in order to continue their civic activities. In this thesis, we describe such people as "Belarusian political nomads". The central motivation for this dissertation is to extend understanding about Belarusian political migration and nomadism, and to critically enquire into the nomadic motives and strategies chosen by NGO activists from Belarus, and into the conditions that enable and support these strategies. The thesis describes the migratory and nomadic experiences of Belarusian political nomads, and explains how the transnational subjectivities of Belarusian political nomads are formed. Overall, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted. The data collected was analysed using post-structural concepts and elements from the narrative research. We concluded that in Belarus regime acts towards Belarusian political nomads as a preventer and discourager. Political nomads interpret their migration experiences by incorporating elements from different spheres of life and the identities that are offered to them. Belarusian political nomads often considered the same events as turning points, however the ways in which they impact each political nomad individually, are complex and diverse.

In Belarus the state systematically hinders the development of civil society. NGOs have difficulties registering, functioning and sustaining their organisations. Some individuals related to the civil sector are persecuted, fined, imprisoned. Therefore a number of NGOs are registered abroad and civil society activists move with them to continue their work on Belarusian issues. In this article we aim to define people who left Belarus in order to work for Belarus as Belarusian Political Nomads, using the notion of transnational subjectivity to explore their migration strategies. The article is based on 15 semi-structured interviews held in London (UK) and Vilnius (LT). Interviews were analysed using the concepts of transnational subjectivities and political nomadism, and combining elements from a critical events narrative analysis approach. People who left Belarus to work for Belarus are Belarusian Political Nomads, because they create new democratic development visions for Belarus. Their individual political motivation can stem from the critical events that were registered in this research as turning points. Informants, individual conditions, histories and life experiences influence the outcomes of these events in terms of interpretation and induced motivation to engage in civil society activities. Belarusian Political Nomads form their migration strategies on the basis of their transnational subjectivities, which can be characterised by temporal and symbolic relations to the receiving country, and long-term intensive dissociative relations to the sending countries' political regime, as well as a strong relationship to the new visions of Belarus ; Viešosios komunikacijos katedra ; Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas

Review: Tereškinas, Artūras. 2011. Vyrų pasaulis: vyrai ir žaizdos vyriškumas Lietuvoje. Vilnius: Baltos lankos.

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This article combines contributions from three authors, each of whom writes in scholarly response to Brynnar Swenson's "The Human Network: Social Media and the Limit of Politics," originally published in the Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 4:2 (2011): 102-124. Ignas Kalpokas reads Swenson's theories of revolt and social change alongside a robust theory of sovereignty drawn from Carl Schmitt, while also expanding Swenson's interpretations of the media representations of the Egyptian revolution and the 2011 riots in England by an appeal to theories drawn from Lacanian psychoanalysis. J.D. Mininger also draws from psychoanalytic discourse as he revisits a key interview given in Swenson's account of the media interpretations of the London riots of 2011. Viktorija Rusinaitė addresses Swenson's provocation about the limits and status of politics, turning to media theory and the concept of politics found in the work of Jacques Rancière.

This article combines contributions from three authors, each of whom writes in scholarly response to Brynnar Swenson's "The Human Network: Social Media and the Limit of Politics," originally published in the Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 4:2 (2011): 102-124. Ignas Kalpokas reads Swenson's theories of revolt and social change alongside a robust theory of sovereignty drawn from Carl Schmitt, while also expanding Swenson's interpretations of the media representations of the Egyptian revolution and the 2011 riots in England by an appeal to theories drawn from Lacanian psychoanalysis. J.D. Mininger also draws from psychoanalytic discourse as he revisits a key interview given in Swenson's account of the media interpretations of the London riots of 2011. Viktorija Rusinaitė addresses Swenson's provocation about the limits and status of politics, turning to media theory and the concept of politics found in the work of Jacques Rancière.

This article combines contributions from three authors, each of whom writes in scholarly response to Brynnar Swenson's "The Human Network: Social Media and the Limit of Politics," originally published in the Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 4:2 (2011): 102-124. Ignas Kalpokas reads Swenson's theories of revolt and social change alongside a robust theory of sovereignty drawn from Carl Schmitt, while also expanding Swenson's interpretations of the media representations of the Egyptian revolution and the 2011 riots in England by an appeal to theories drawn from Lacanian psychoanalysis. J.D. Mininger also draws from psychoanalytic discourse as he revisits a key interview given in Swenson's account of the media interpretations of the London riots of 2011. Viktorija Rusinaitė addresses Swenson's provocation about the limits and status of politics, turning to media theory and the concept of politics found in the work of Jacques Rancière.

This article combines contributions from three authors, each of whom writes in scholarly response to Brynnar Swenson's "The Human Network: Social Media and the Limit of Politics," originally published in the Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 4:2 (2011): 102-124. Ignas Kalpokas reads Swenson's theories of revolt and social change alongside a robust theory of sovereignty drawn from Carl Schmitt, while also expanding Swenson's interpretations of the media representations of the Egyptian revolution and the 2011 riots in England by an appeal to theories drawn from Lacanian psychoanalysis. J.D. Mininger also draws from psychoanalytic discourse as he revisits a key interview given in Swenson's account of the media interpretations of the London riots of 2011. Viktorija Rusinaitė addresses Swenson's provocation about the limits and status of politics, turning to media theory and the concept of politics found in the work of Jacques Rancière.