Online launch: new issue of Migration and Society on solidarity and the “Anti-Refugee Machine”

This online launch will involve a discussion around the latest issue of Migration and Society, an international peer-reviewed journal.

All are welcome but please register to obtain the joining link: https://rimw-migration-society.eventbrite.co.uk

Speakers

• Journal editors: Mette L. Berg (UCL Social Research Institute); Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (UCL Geography); Tatiana Thieme (UCL Geography)
• Guest Editors of the ‘Anti-Refugee Machine’ Special Section: Tricia Redeker Hepner (Arizona State University); Magnus Treiber (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
• Contributors to the ‘Anti-Refugee Machine’ Special Section: Fiori Berhane (USC Dornsife); Hera Jay Brown (Sanctuarium); Roberto Barrios (University of New Orleans)

Overview

Opening with an editorial titled Vocalizations in the Midst, Dr Thieme, Professor Berg and Professor Fiddian-Qasmiyeh reflect on the challenges of writing “in dark times” while affirming the importance of scholarship as a space for care, solidarity, and resistance. 

The issue features a special themed section, The Anti-Refugee Machine, guest-edited by Professor Tricia Redeker Hepner (Arizona State University) and Professor Magnus Treiber (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). Taking inspiration from anthropologist James Ferguson’s landmark book The Anti-Politics Machine, the section explores how contemporary migration regimes operate to control, exclude, and profit from forced displacement. 

The issue also includes reviews of recent publications on migration and mobility, reinforcing the journal’s role as a hub for global scholarship.

Links

•  JOURNAL: https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/migration-and-society/8/1/migration-and-society.8.issue-1.xml
• EDITORIAL: https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/migration-and-society/8/1/arms080101.xml