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07-07-2026

Mayotte Reportage Exposes Europe’s Border Contradictions

Mayotte Reportage Exposes Europe’s Border Contradictions

A new interdisciplinary reportage, produced after two months of fieldwork by researchers linked to the ERC SolRoutes project, casts Mayotte — a French department in the Indian Ocean, as a stark mirror of contemporary European migration and border policies. The piece, structured as an introduction and five chapters, weaves sociological, geographic, legal, and narrative perspectives to show how long histories of colonial rule have shaped the island’s present: extreme poverty, intense surveillance, and a systematic erosion of birthright citizenship.

12-06-2026

Ethnographic perspectives on Palestine

Ethnographic perspectives on Palestine

14-05-2026

Filming the Borders: Ethnography, Solidarity and Necropolitics

Filming the Borders: Ethnography, Solidarity and Necropolitics

Friday, 15 May 2026, 12:30, Salle Polyvalente, University of Mayotte

24-03-2026

SOLROUTES in India: Visiting Faculty at Jindal School of International Affairs and Workshop on “Ethics at the Border” (March 2026)

In March 2026, Luca Queirolo Palmas and Federico Rahola (University of Genoa) joined O.P. Jindal Global University (India) as Visiting Faculty, contributing to SOLROUTES dissemination through teaching, film screenings, and the workshop “Ethics at the Border.”

26-06-2026

Summer School in Lampedusa: ParTeR and SOLROUTES Co‑organize a Programme on Border Studies

Summer School in Lampedusa: ParTeR and SOLROUTES Co‑organize a Programme on Border Studies

The University of Parma, together with the ERC Advanced Project SOLROUTES (University of Genova), is co‑organizing the 2026 Summer School “Counter‑Dictionaries of the Border: An Introduction to Critical Border Studies.”

02-06-2026

Comorian Writer Soiyarta Attoumani: A Story of Resilience from Mayotte

Comorian Writer Soiyarta Attoumani: A Story of Resilience from Mayotte

16-04-2026

Solroutes’s solidarity statement with Tommy Olsen

The SolRoutes research group expresses its full solidarity with Tommy Olsen, founder of Aegean Boat Report, following the European Arrest Warrant issued against him by Greek authorities on charges of human trafficking and facilitation of irregular entry.

11-02-2026

Upcoming Ethnographic Film Workshop in Mayotte (May 2026)

Upcoming Ethnographic Film Workshop in Mayotte (May 2026)

The SOLROUTES project is pleased to announce the launch of a four‑day ethnographic film workshop titled “Filming the Everyday in Mayotte”, to be held at the University of Mayotte in May 2026.

25-06-2026

Participation in Archipiélagos Transfronterizos III

Participation in Archipiélagos Transfronterizos III

Rassa Ghaffari and Luca Queirolo Palmas participated in the international meeting “Archipiélagos Transfronterizos III: Vórtices de (in)movilidades sur‑globales,” held in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas (Mexico).

28-05-2026

GNW Mayotte

GNW Mayotte

From May 15 to 27, the Solroutes project’s Generative Narrative Workshop (GNW), titled “Filming Daily Life in Mayotte,” was held in Mayotte.

06-04-2026

Contribute to Our Special Issue on Underground Migration at the Margins of Europe

We invite proposals from scholars working in migration and border studies, ethnography, gender studies, visual and digital ethnography, and related fields to contribute to the Special Issue “Underground Migration at the Margins of Europe: Border Governance and Solidarity Practices” in the open access journal Societies.

30-01-2026

MEDITERRANEAN CROSSROADS

MEDITERRANEAN CROSSROADS

Let’s talk about crossings in the Mediterranean. & We do so through the words and images of our #TheRouteJournal correspondents. To explore the world through their eyes. 30/01/26 – 18H 31/01/26 – 17H30

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