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This ethnographic study analyzes the Franco-Italian Alpine border as a complex space where humanitarian practices, natural environments, and border controls intersect to create new forms of selective mobility governance.
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The Alpine crossroads. Constellation of refuges, nature as infrastructure, selective border control
Authors: Jacopo Anderlini, Federico Torre
Published in: Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa (2025)
DOI: 10.3240/116516
Abstract
This article examines the Alpine border between France and Italy as a site of selective border control, analyzing how mountain refuges function as both humanitarian spaces and border infrastructure. The research explores how nature itself becomes part of the border apparatus, creating new forms of mobility control in Alpine environments.
Tags
Border Studies
Migration
Alps
Nature
Infrastructure
France
Italy