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Nodes 46 / 47 / 48 - Caravan

Work in progress

Countries:
Italy, Greece
Nodes:
Lampedusa, Samos and Kos
Start date:
05/2025
End date:
09/2025
Researchers:
E. Fravega, R. Ghaffari, L. Korukmez and L. Queirolo Palmas
With the participation of: S. Potot (University of Nice), L. Giliberti (University of Parma) and Efrosini Plexousaki (Aegean University)
Title:
Sea Battlegrounds for Solidarity
Abstract:
This caravan will explore, through participatory methodology and volunteering, how states act in two key areas of border enforcement and transgression: the central Mediterranean route and the corridor between Greece and Turkey. Lampedusa, Samos, and Kos will be considered as the main nodes and backstage areas of both solidarity and state-driven hostility.
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Nodes 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 - Caravan

Ended

Countries:
Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Canary Islands
Nodes:
El Hierro, Mbour, Mbera, Ziguinchor, Banjul, Tenerife
Start date:
10/2024
End date:
03/2025
Researchers:
L. Queirolo Palmas (researcher), F. Rahola (researcher), J. Gonzalez Morandi (film – maker), G. Kouagang (associated cultural mediator – La Comunità), V. Pellegrino (associated researcher - University of Parma), Ornella Brauci (associated researcher - El Taller)
Title:
Migrations, Solidarities and Routes (Un)Making in the Atlantic Sahara (2&3 Station)
Abstract:
This Caravan further explores and deepens the findings of the previous one by focusing on the implications of the artisanal fishing crisis for coastal communities and migration places of departure in several West African countries. It highlights the religious and familial dimensions that foster solidarity around undocumented migration. Additionally, this Caravan investigates the forms of institutional solidarity and living conditions in refugee camps on both sides of the Atlantic route—specifically in the Canary Islands (European side) and Mauritania (African side).
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Node 29 - Experimental

Ended

Location:
Albania - Tirana
Start date:
10/2024
End date:
12/2024
Researchers:
D. Jano
Title:
Beyond Irregular Pathways: Cultural Frameworks, Solidarity Networks, and Agency in Albanian Migration to the UK
Abstract:
This node report examines Albanian irregular migration to the United Kingdom through a socio-cultural lens, challenging dominant narratives that frame irregular migration primarily within narratives of criminality and trafficking.
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Nodes 26 / 27 / 28 - Caravan

Ended

Countries:
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria
Start date:
09/2024
End date:
02/2025
Researchers:
F. Torre, L. Queirolo Palmas, Commissioned Artists: The Routes Journal
Title:
Solidarity against pushbacks across Tunisia, Libya, Algeria
Abstract:
Since starting fieldwork in the Maghreb, we have encountered many people on the move who are victims of pushbacks from Tunisia to Libya and Algeria, and from Algeria to Niger. These movements highlight severe human rights violations by state authorities and generate new itineraries and shelters, resisting forced mobility. Our research aims to document the effectiveness of pushback operations and understand how solidarity among people on the move creates routes of resistance against deportations, contributing to unauthorized mobility.
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Nodes 15 / 16 / 17 - Caravan

Ended

Countries:
Turkey, Bulgaria
Nodes:
Edirne, Harmanli, Svilengrad
Start date:
02/2024
End date:
03/2024
Researchers:
R. Ghaffari, E. Zampa (photographer)
Title:
The land gateway to Europe: The border of Bulgaria and Turkey
Abstract:
This caravan extends digital ethnography on People on the Move entry into Europe, focusing on informal cooperative actions within the 'migration industry from below,' exploring concepts like 'moral economy,' 'chav solidarity,' and 'interested solidarity' guiding unauthorized movements.
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Nodes 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
Morocco - Casablanca
Start date:
10/2024
End date:
11/2024
Researchers:
M. Lovato, ASGI
Title:
Untraceable: Border practices and enforced disappearance in Morocco
Abstract:
A detailed research report highlighting how migration control policies in Morocco, often in collaboration with European countries, lead to enforced disappearances and human rights violations against migrants.
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Node 30 - Experimental

Ended

Location:
Libya - Tripoli
Start date:
10/2024
End date:
12/2024
Researchers:
P. Cuttitta
Title:
Informal (micro-)solidarity in Libya
Abstract:
The research explores expressions of informal (micro-)solidarity among and towards people on the move in Libya (from mutual help within migrant groups to unexpected gestures from external actors) and asks how these acts may positively impact on migrants’ route-making.
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Nodes 23 / 24 / 25 - Caravan

Ended

Countries:
Greece
Nodes:
Lesvos, Chios, Thessaloniki
Start date:
10/2024
End date:
12/2024
Researchers:
R. Ghaffari, E. Zampa (photographer)
Title:
Solidarity and Self-Care Among Migrant Women in Greece
Abstract:
The report, "Ain't I a Woman? Iranian and Afghan Women's Underground Solidarity Networks and Practices in Lesvos", authored by Rassa Ghaffari, examines the experiences, challenges, and strategies of Iranian and Afghan women navigating unauthorized migration to Europe through Lesvos, Greece. Conducted between October and December 2024, the research employs a feminist and postcolonial lens to explore gendered dimensions of migration, focusing on self-organization, solidarity networks, and the intersectionality of oppression faced by women on the move.
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Nodes 37 / 38 / 39 / 40 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
Morocco - Beni-Mellal
Start date:
03/2024
End date:
06/2024
Researchers:
M. Lovato
Title:
Questioning solidarity on border disappearances
Abstract:
This research report, examines solidarity dynamics surrounding border disappearances in Morocco. The study investigates how the disappearances of migrants attempting to cross borders generate solidarity ties and practices among various communities. Through a multi-sited ethnographic approach conducted between March and June 2024, the research analyzes four case studies of disappeared migrants while exploring how their families and communities mobilize in response to their absence.
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Nodes 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 - Caravan

Ended

Countries:
Mauritania, Morocco and the Canary Islands
Nodes:
Nouakchott, Chami, Nouadhibou, Dakhla
Start date:
02/2024
End date:
03/2024
Researchers:
C. Cassarini, L. Queirolo Palmas, J. Gonzalez Morandi (film – maker), Andrea Ferraris (illustrator)
Title:
Migrations, Solidarities and Routes (Un)Making in the Atlantic Sahara
Abstract:
This ethnographic caravan explores solidarity and routes (un)making) in the Atlantic Sahara, devoting special attention to gold and fishing industries and their relevance in transforming and enacting mobilities in a wide area including Senegambia, Mauritania, Morocco, and the Canary Islands.
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