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

Authors : Rahime Özgün Kehya

Pages : 1-20

Doi:10.53791/imgelem.1570707

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Publication Date : 2025-07-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :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.
Keywords : Çok Boyutlu Yoksulluk Endeksi, Eşitsizlik, Salgın Kırılganlığı, Koronavirüs Salgını, Göçmen-sonrası Paradigma, Belgesel Film Çözümlemesi.

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