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"Saving Lives", Securing Borders. Anti-trafficking Narratives and Border Practices in Southern Italy

Conference Presentation

Event: 10th International Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference (ERQ 2025)

Location: University of Trento, Italy

Date: July 9, 2025 - July 12, 2025

Abstract

A contribution examining how anti-trafficking narratives function in contemporary border practices in Southern Italy, exploring the intersection between humanitarian discourse and border securitization.

Details

A contribution analyzing the complex relationship between “saving lives” humanitarian discourse and border securitization practices in Southern Italy, with particular focus on anti-trafficking narratives and their implementation in contemporary border control.

Tags

Border Studies Anti-trafficking Southern Italy Humanitarian Borders Ethnography