NATIONALISM, POLITICS AND THE EVERYDAY IN A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP
During the ‘Arab Spring’, one of the most puzzling enigmas of al-Wihdat – a Palestinian refugee camp set up in […]
“You don’t know me”: Disorientation, Reorientation, and Not Knowing in the Ethnography of Asylum and Refugees
During a long drive in the snow to meet my family for the dubiously-founded yet nonetheless celebratory U.S.-American Thanksgiving, my
The Deportation Corridor. A spatial, institutional and affective state of transit
In the course of the last two decades, the territorial exclusion of unwanted foreigners, constructed as a threat to national
LGBT Advocacy in Northern Ireland
In the summer of 2008, Iris Robinson had a lot to say about homosexuality. On 6 June, in a radio
Mumbai (1992-93) and Ahmedabad (2002), a tale of two cities: Narratives of violent and victimized women enduring urban riots in India
Brief extract from a forthcoming publication Over the past decades, the rapid rise of Hindu nationalism or Hindutva in
The Gate – #BORDERS
At the entrance of a mid-sized, freshly renovated office building stands a security check-up point. Manned with three guards and
This week at Allegra: Kurdistan & The Kurdish Diaspora!
This week Allegra will focus on Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. We will start with a conversation with Latif Tas
Moral Geography of US/Mexico borderlands: space- and place-making at the edge of America #BORDERS
The creation and maintenance of a national border is an act of political geography. The building of a wall or
MASSACRES IN GAZA: NEVER AGAIN! Full Stop!
While operating in the Ivory tower of the Academia – in this instance referring to the extensive attention we have
Stuck at the Gates: Seminar on Migration, Biotechnologies and Limits of Regulation #EASA2014
Once you arrive in Tallinn for the EASA, you are already almost in Helsinki – so why not hop on