B96 Migration Studies and New Societies

The workshop is aimed at addressing the various forms of mobility that currently allow a wide array of people on the move to reach Europe through the various Mediterranean routes. Starting from a comprehensive analysis of the characteristics and dynamics of forced and undocumented migration flows occurring in and across the Mediterranean area, altogether with a critical understanding of border control policies implemented by the European Union, it will expressly focus on the phenomena of smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings, their relationships and growing intersections. Thanks to the analysis of specific case-studies, the workshop will provide suitable analytical and conceptual tools for combining institutional and policy-oriented debate with the outcomes of ongoing fieldwork activities which valorise the standpoint and experience of migrant women and men. Thus, their subjective experiences, biographical paths, memories, expectations as well as forms of survival and resistance will be addressed and discussed through the use, inter alia, of data coming from interviews, workshops and ethnographic observations carried out during fieldwork activities, as well as the use of audio-visual tools.