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A conference presentation analyzing the hotspot system as a liminal border technology, examining how these facilities create new forms of spatio-temporal governance that both enable and constrain migrant mobility.
The liminality of the hotspot: between circulation and containment
Conference Presentation
Event: Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference 2021
Location: RGS-IBG, London, UK (Online)
Date: August 31, 2021
Abstract
This presentation examined the European hotspot system as a liminal space that simultaneously enables and constrains mobility. Drawing on ethnographic research in Italian hotspots, the analysis explored how these facilities function as borderlands where circulation and containment intersect, creating new forms of temporal and spatial governance of migration.
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Hotspot
Liminality
Circulation
Containment
RGS
Geography