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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.

Details

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.

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Hotspot Liminality Circulation Containment RGS Geography