Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border
A close friend, currently preparing to become a military firefighter in Brazil, described his training as an exercise in “how […]
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EASA Elections: Interview with Sarah Green
Allegra: You decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a
The Privileged Discomfort of Border Crossings
As social scientists our work often directly grows out of our personal journeys—journeys that are physical, emotional, intellectual and political.
The Bureaucratization of Utopia – A Report
Our students do not dream of global change anymore! It is on these pessimistic words that Alessandro Monsutti opened our
Jane Cowan on the Origins of ‘Minority’
Jane Cowan, the Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced
CALL FOR REVIEWS: NEW BOOKS ON THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION REGIME
Three years after Europe declared a ‘crisis’ of migration control, its border and migration regimes have become increasingly repressive. A
EASA 2018 – The Other Protocols [2] and a Response
Plenary B “Migrants, Refugees and Public Anthropology”, Andre Gingrich, Marie-Claire Foblets, Ruben Andersson, 16 August 2018 Notes on Migration Policies
EASA 2018 – The Other Protocols
The following words, as well as two other poems to be published on Allegra in the near future were written
Reading the Signs: Dust, Smoke, and Displacement in Athens
‘At home,’ we are in full command of the dialectics of knowledge and recognition. Jean Améry, “How Much Home Does
When ‘roofless’ migrants make their place. Contradictive perceptions of belonging in São Paulo’s squats
In Brazilian squats, a ‘local population struggles for their ‘right to the city’ and a ‘migrant’ population tries to establish