Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of Covid-19 (I)
Arrivals to uncertainty In mid-December 2020, my friend T. returned to Dubai from Egypt in the hope of getting his […]
Escape, Exposure, and Life on the Pacific Crest Trail
An act of walking into the wilderness implies an act of walking out of somewhere or something. The Pacific Crest
#failures: Living Out of Synch
In their introduction to this thematic series, and the symposium that preceded it, Berisha, Mafizzoli and Ojani invite us to
Don’t Come Home this Year
‘Don’t come home this year’ is a short video about Romanian migrants returning home from Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic.
#Podcast Round Up: Best of March to August
Summer comes to an end, and some of us will start commuting again. Others will desperately wonder how to fill
The Gray Zone
Irregular migration has been one of the most popular topics of the political debates in Europe for already a few
Keeping social distance and keeping them out
‘The last time I saw my friends, I was invited to their place inside the refugee camp for lunch. It
Ethnography at an Impasse? Fieldwork Reflections During a Pandemic
As COVID-19 disrupts life for billions of people around the world, it also calls into question the very notion of
Allegro vivace… the Italian laboratory, for better or for worse
This little essay was conceived wandering in the Swiss countryside. I’m on sabbatical leave and my whole work and travel
Coronavirus: Less Humanitarianism, More Politics!
This essay was written seated on my couch, trying to make sense of the contemporary ‘state of emergency’ as the