War and its absurdities
When Nadja was evacuated from the bomb shelter in eastern Ukraine, she took her cheese with her. She took the […]
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The violent face of bureaucracy
Whenever I meet Merule, a 42-year-old Nigerian citizen living undocumented in Milan, Italy, I am struck by the number of
Two sides of the same Euro: A field note on recent farmer protests from southern Italy
Between February 8 and 9, 2024, two fleets arrived in Brindisi, a port city in the southern Italian region of
How solidarity with migrant people is stifled at the France-UK border
Over 150 organisations called for citizens to mobilise against the new, controversial French immigration law deemed ‘an ideological victory’ by
The Kobane Generation
In September 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) laid siege to the town of Kobane in the
We Can Know No Innocent Futures
Is it for a lack of knowledge? The genocide in Gaza is being livestreamed. Daily, images, videos and voice notes proliferate
Border Porosities: Movement of People, Objects, and Ideas in the Southern Balkans
Petroleum engineering may seem like an odd place to find metaphors for the field of border and borderlands studies. Yet,
White Enclosures: Racial Capitalism and Coloniality Along the Balkan Route
Rexhepi’s White Enclosures is an insightful book exploring the co-construction of race and borders along the Balkan route. It puts
Reframing Hamas
On November 24th, 2023, a temporary ceasefire paused Israeli bombardment[1] and Hamas-led retaliation in Gaza. The pause was intended to
Second call for reviewers for our Mobilities and Migration series!
As you may have read in an earlier post, we are currently seeking book reviewers for our series on Mobilities