Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in the Context of Pandemic Vulnerability: Analysis of the Film, ‘Armutszeugnis Corona’

Öz

This study aims to analyse a documentary film about the relationship between the coronavirus pandemic and poverty and discuss whether it has a multidimensional basis in relation to these problems. The documentary film Armutszeugnis Corona (‘Corona, Sign of Poverty’) was included in the sample as it deals with the vulnerable groups most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Germany. In the article, the problems in the documentary were analysed by a mixed method based on the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and (post-)migrant sociocultural claims, and therefore it has also been associated with some related formal elements. The work, in which solutions were also discussed, revealed how people struggling with poverty or with low income in a socio-economically developed country - especially those with a migration background - were affected by the pandemic. The documentary also highlighted statistical gaps in the coverage of the pandemic due to certain taboos associated with the law on the protection of personal data. According to the findings, Armutszeugnis Corona criticised the populist cultural claims made by some media outlets about people with migrant backgrounds being the most affected by the pandemic and highlighted barriers to access to education, the labour market and health care, housing and working conditions, the enforceability of data protection law—it is taboo to ask questions about ethnicity in a post-migrant country—and language (German) deficiencies as vital problems. In conclusion, it was evaluated that the segments of society hit by the pandemic also experienced the multidimensional poverty index adversely.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
• Inequality
• Pandemic Vulnerability
• Coronavirus Outbreak
• Post-Migrant Paradigm
• Documentary Film Analysis.

Salgın Kırılganlığı Bağlamında Çok Boyutlu Yoksulluk Endeksi: ‘Armutszeugnis Corona’ Filminin Çözümlemesi

Öz

Bu çalışma, koronavirüs pandemisi ve yoksulluk arasındaki ilişkiyi konu alan bir belgeseli analiz etmeyi ve bu sorunlarla ilgili olarak çok boyutlu bir temele sahip olup olmadığını tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır. Örnekleme Almanya’da koronavirüs salgınından en çok etkilenen kırılgan grupları ele alması bakımından Armutszeugnis Corona (‘Corona, Yoksulluk İşareti’) belgesel filmi dahil edilmiştir. Makalede, belgeseldeki sorunlar çok boyutlu yoksulluk indeksi (MPI) model alınarak ve göçmen sonrası sosyokültürel iddialara dayanarak karma bir yöntemle çözümlenmiştir; bu nedenle ilgili biçimsel bazı ögelerle ilişki kurulmuştur. Çözüm önerilerinin de tartışıldığı çalışma, sosyo-ekonomik açıdan gelişmiş bir ülkede yoksullukla mücadele eden ya da düşük gelirli insanların—özellikle göçmenlik geçmişine sahip olanların—pandemiden nasıl etkilendiğini ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca belgeselde, kişisel verilerin korunmasına ilişkin kanunla ilişkili belirli tabular nedeniyle, salgına dair istatistiki boşluklar ele alınmıştır. Bulgulara göre, Armutszeugnis Corona, bazı medya kuruluşlarının, pandemiden en çok etkilenen göçmen kökenli insanlar hakkındaki popülist kültürel iddialarını eleştirmiştir ve eğitime, işgücü piyasasına ve sağlık hizmetlerine erişimdeki engelleri, barınma ve çalışma koşullarını, veri koruma yasasının uygulanabilirliğini—bir göçmen sonrası ülkede etnisiteyle ilgili sorular sormanın tabu olmasını—ve dil (Almanca) yetersizliğini önemli sorunlar olarak vurgulamıştır. Sonuç olarak yapılan değerlendirmede salgının vurduğu toplum kesimlerinin çok boyutlu yoksulluk endeksini olumsuz yönde deneyimlediği tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Çok Boyutlu Yoksulluk Endeksi
• Eşitsizlik
• Salgın Kırılganlığı
• Koronavirüs Salgını
• Göçmen-sonrası Paradigma
• Belgesel Film Çözümlemesi.

Etik Beyan

In this research article, ethics committee permission was not required as the data were not obtained using survey or interview techniques.

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