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Fading Career Prospects of Mobility Researchers “Stuck” in Immobility?

17.02.2021 , in ((COVID-19 + Early Career Academics, Esperienze)) , ((No commenti))
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What happens when you are researching a topic that is suddenly suspended and prone to alter fundamentally in the future? How are the early career prospects of mobility researchers and their sense of purpose when getting “stuck” and isolated in an unfamiliar place? While the “new normal” and its implications ...

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Movies of Encampment – A Dialogue About Confined Spaces

18.02.2020 , in ((Esperienze, Politica, Practices)) , ((No commenti))
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Imagine living in a confined space, without a feeling of being “home” and being controlled by institutional actors. With this in mind, two filmmakers tackled the theme of encampment. They joined our recent discussion after the first “On the Mov(i)e” event, sharing their reflections on the conceptualization of encampment and ...

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“My Heart Is Still There”: Family Reunification of Refugees in Brazil

08.01.2020 , in ((Esperienze)) , ((No commenti))

Family reunification, a phenomenon often studied in developed countries, is necessary to guarantee the right to family life for refugees. Based on interviews of refugees living in São Paulo, my study highlights the different strategies refugees adopt in selecting a family member to join them in Brazil through the reunification ...

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