Contesting borders

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This workshop focuses on borders as spaces of solidarity, political contention and criminalization. The discussion is enriched by the contributions of three prominent scholars in the morning session, whereas the afternoon roundtable benefits from the points of view of several representatives of solidarity and contentious initiatives operating at different European borders.

Programm

10.30 - 10.45 | Opening remarks
Chiara Milan and Federico Alagna, Scuola Normale Superiore

10.45 - 13.00 | Debating borders: between solidarity, political contention and criminalization

Chair: Francesca Fortarezza, Scuola Normale Superiore

Gabriella Sanchez, Georgetown University
The duty to resist: I will not condemn the “smugglers”

Eugenio Cusumano, University of Messina
Maritime rescue as a contested norm: The criminalization of solidarity at sea

Giulia Serio, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 
The criminalization of migrant smugglers between border management practices and international law

14,30 - 17 | Frontiere e pratiche di debordering: riflessioni dal campo*

Chair: Giulia Sezzi, Scuola Normale Superiore

• Giuseppe Caccia, Mediterranea Saving Humans
• Chiara Denaro, Watch the Med - Alarm Phone
• Allegra Salvini, Europe Must Act
• Anna Berlingieri e Francesco Moresco, Progetto 20k
• Edoardo Garonzi e Jacopo Rui, One Bridge to Idomeni

17 - 17,15 | Closing remarks
Chiara Milan and Federico Alagna, Scuola Normale Superiore

Organizers

Chiara Milan e Federico Alagna - Scuola Normale Superiore

*The afternoon session will be held in Italian | La sessione pomeridiana si svolgerà in italiano

For those who do not speak Italian, language interpretation into English can be arranged.

Please contact chiara.milan@sns.it or federico.alagna@sns.it if interested

Entrance will be allowed up to the maximum capacity of the room