Migrations, movements and borders (MigraMove)

This research group brings together scholars who investigate migration movements, migration-related issues, and transnational activist networks supporting people on the move. The group fosters dialogue between social movement studies, migration studies, and critical border studies in order to analyze migration processes, the policies that govern them, and the social movements active in this field from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. MigraMove also explores the concept of the border as an arena of political contestation, rather than merely a territorial boundary between states or comparable political entities. It further examines the urban dimension of borders, understood as spaces within cities that can (re)produce residential segregation, and considers the networks of solidarity operating in border contexts across different parts of the world to support people on the move.

Upcoming events

9 November, 14:00-17:00, Pollaiolo Room, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence

• A Study on Repertoires of Solidarity Among Muslim Migrants in Italy

Presentation of Gorkem Altinors’ (SNS Visting Scholar - Bilecik Seyh Edebali University) ongoing research project

• Networking in the East African Community: mapping emerging discourses in a Regional Consultative Process on Migration in a Postcolonial Context

Presentation of Masika Daniela Vaninetti’s (SNS PhD candidate) ongoing research project

2 December, 10:00-13:00, Pollaiolo Room, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence

• Solidarity Crimes in Belgium: Humanitarian Boundaries regarding the Illegal Border Crossing. Ethnography at the Belgian French Border

Presentation of Mathilde Du Jardin’s (Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at SNS - Université Libre de Bruxelles) ongoing research project
 

Cluster: Democracy and social movements