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A miniseries on refugees in the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 4. Contagion and containment. Curtailing the freedom of movement in times of coronavirus

Kenny Cupers Eurozine, 2020 Overwhelmed and underserved camps are in no condition to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks. The European Union's response so far is falling short in protecting refugees from the pandemic. The Eurozine miniseries…

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A miniseries on refugees in the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 3. Politics of abandonment. Refugees on Greek islands during the coronavirus crisis

Eurozine, 2020 Social distancing is impossible when 1200 people share a single tap. The Greek government is using the pandemic to segregate refugees from citizens but hasn’t provided the means for prevention. If this politics of…

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recalibrating rhythm: passengers navigating Metro Manila through the Point-to-Point Bus

Carla Michelle Cruz | Master Thesis, 2020

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FOLLOWING THE SWISS RAILWAY: Politics of Land, Spatial Logics of Capital and State-driven Financialization Processes

Aline Suter | Master Thesis, 2020

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ART AS AN ENGINE OF TRANSFORMATION: Re-thinking “La Merced” neighborhood of Mexico City

Diana Vazquez Martinez | Master Thesis, 2020

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Black Box BAZ - The Invisibility and Violence of Federal Asylum Centers in the Canton Of Zurich

Alessandro Rearte | Master Thesis, 2020

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A miniseries on refugees in the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 2. From national threat to oblivion. Erasing migrants from public discourse in Italy during COVID-19

Chiara Pagano Eurozine, 2020 Italy is now more closed than Matteo Salvini ever dreamt it would be. Prevention is focused on citizens, but 'stay at home' orders are a mockery for asylum seekers and homeless people, whose servicing is…

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Infrastructures, Borders, and the Making of the African Territory: The Case of Zambia

Giulia Scotto Feltrinelli, 2020 What do researchers talk about when they talk about borders? International debates on boundaries and borders have multiplied along with the global restructuring of the economy, the crisis of state…

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Call for applications: PhD-position (SNFS) in Urban Studies / Visual Arts

“Decolonizing Socialism: Entangled Internationalism. An Intersectional Study of Cold War Projects from East Germany in Cinema and Cybernetics with Relevance to the 21st Century” led by Prof. Dr. Doreen Mende, dean of MA in Fine Arts CCC at…

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Contagion and Containment

As part of the ongoing miniseries on refugees in the COVID-19 pandemic, our faculty member Prof. Dr. Kenny Cupers has published the following article entitled "Contagion and containment: curtailing the freedom of movement in times of…

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