Author: Sébastien Bachelet

Dr Sébastien Bachelet is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is the principal investigator of the ESRC-funded project ‘Acts/Crimes of solidarity: an ethnographic study of illegalisation and criminalisation amongst pro-migration activists and other citizens’. His research interests include (irregular) migration, forced displacement, visual anthropology, participatory and creative methods, uncertainty, political subjectivity, and advocacy, with a focus on the Maghreb region (especially Morocco).

Sébastien Bachelet

Dr Sébastien Bachelet is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is the principal investigator of the ESRC-funded project ‘Acts/Crimes of solidarity: an ethnographic study of illegalisation and criminalisation amongst pro-migration activists and other citizens’. His research interests include (irregular) migration, forced displacement, visual anthropology, participatory and creative methods, uncertainty, political subjectivity, and advocacy, with a focus on the Maghreb region (especially Morocco).

How solidarity with migrant people is stifled at the France-UK border

February, 2024 / By Sébastien Bachelet and Maria Hagan

Over 150 organisations called for citizens to mobilise against the new, controversial French immigration law deemed ‘an ideological victory’ by […]

Reviews Symposium

No Go World: The Map of Danger, Reconnections and ‘Crimes of Solidarity’

September, 2019 / By Sébastien Bachelet

Andersson’s new opus is a haunting and insightful examination of those remote zones of danger and insecurity that are distant

Book Review Reviews

On the Doorstep of Europe. Asylum and Citizenship in Greece

October, 2015 / By Sébastien Bachelet

On the Doorstep of Europe is a vividly written ethnography of the asylum process in Greece, “with its ethos of mystification,