Keywords, Keywording, and European Irregularized Migration Regime at/on the Peripheries

Sažetak

The article introduces the special issue Keywording the European Irregularized Migration Regime: Reflections from/on the Peripheries. It maps the itineraries of “keywords” from their origins as an introductory reading framework to their development into a distinct methodological approach. The analysis traces the conceptual journey from Raymond Williams’s seminal work Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society (1976) to their contemporary uses. It follows and comments on two main traditions: a philological one, focused on linguistic histories, and a cultural studies one, viewing keywords as sites of social struggle and transformation. Particular attention is given to keywording in the context of migration, highlighting contested issues and divergent approaches in this field. The discussion concludes with reflections on keywords developed within the ERIM research project – The European Irregularized Migration Regime at the Periphery of the EU: from Ethnography to Keywords, of which this special issue is an outcome.

Ključne riječi: keywords, keywording, cultural studies, philology, migration