This safety asphyxiates us: The banal border in Barcelona
Last month, while in Spain, we woke up to the news that local residents in the Canary Islands were planning
Mediating Mobility: Migration and Brokerage at the Borders of the State
Natasha Raheja (Cornell University) will present on ‘Mediating mobility: Migration and brokerage at the borders of the State’. Elizabeth Challinor (Universidade NOVA
Animal Displacement from Syria: A Story Yet to be Written
During the Syrian war, which has now raged for a decade, the attention of scholars, media commentators and activists has
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of COVID-19 (IV)
Part Four: “When will this Covid be over?” During the first month of T.’s search for work in Dubai, Covid-19
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of COVID-19 (III)
Part Three: A Travel Agent selling Freedom For the second half of my stay, I lived in a shared accommodation
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of COVID-19 (II)
Part Two: New Opportunities, New Stress In the Gulf region, Dubai has been a forerunner in the transformation towards a
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.