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Node 28 - 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 33 / 34 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
Tunisia - Mahdia
Start date:
03/2024
End date:
12/2024
Researchers:
N. Chaouch
Title:
The presence of sub-saharan migrants in Sfax: state repression, local dynamic and strategies to cope with the tension
Abstract:
This ethnographic report critically examines the evolving presence of sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia, particularly in the city of Sfax and the town of Jbeniana, within the broader context of Mediterranean migration governance and Tunisia’s shifting role from transit to destination country. The study foregrounds the intersection of race, gender, class, and migration status, revealing how state repression, structural racism, and economic precarity shape both migrant experiences and local perceptions.
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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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Node 40 - Caravan

Ended

Countries:
Egypt
Nodes:
Cairo
Start date:
02/2024
End date:
11/2024
Researchers:
L. Amigoni; F. Rahola
Title:
How Many Sudanese Kairos?
Abstract:
This ethnographic report examines the Sudanese diasporic presence in Cairo as a dynamic and stratified space of forced mobility, political exile, and gendered solidarity, emerging in the wake of Sudan’s ongoing (un)civil war and the April 2023 conflict. Framed within the conceptual lens of routes as subaltern infrastructures, the study interrogates how displacement is not a linear trajectory but a process of continuous overwriting—historically sedimented through colonial legacies, postcolonial crises, and contemporary border regimes.
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Node 07 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
Turkey - Izmir
Start date:
10/2023
End date:
02/2024
Researchers:
L. Körükmez, R. Ghaffari
Title:
Localizing Solidarities in Izmir: Affordances, Raptures, and Continuities
Abstract:
This research in Izmir focus on the city's multicultural past, diverse diaspora, and the complexities of solidarity initiatives within its secular-nationalist framework.
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Nodes 08 / 09 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
Tunisia - Mahdia
Start date:
10/2023
End date:
02/2024
Researchers:
Title:
Deportees and Solidarity: Exploring the Role of Solidarity Networks in the Migration Cycle of Deportees around Sfax and Mahdia
Abstract:
We focus on deportees' migration cycles in Mahdia and Sfax with an emphasis on the role of solidarity networks and family ties in shaping their experiences.
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Nodes 35 / 36 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
France - Calais
Start date:
03/2024
End date:
12/2024
Researchers:
I. Oubad
Title:
Eroded and Reconfigured: The Dwelling Infrastructures of the Mukara along the Belgian-French Route to the UK
Abstract:
In Belgium, the Dublin regulation impactes the movements of unauthorised migrants strikingly. Due to the delegation of responsibility on the protection of asylum seekers, many are left excluded. The “Dublinised” people facing the stagnation of their cases and the exhaustion that comes from waiting indefinitely in makeshift situations take matters into their own hands. Often, they seek routes that might lead to stronger prospects of protection or sanctuary. In their perception, reaching the UK—a place where the Dublin Regulation does not hold the same sway—offers hope for taking routes of escape.
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Node 38 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
Turkey - Istanbul
Start date:
03/2024
End date:
12/2024
Researchers:
L. Körükmez
Title:
Religion and Solidarity: Faith-Based Support for Refugees in Turkey
Abstract:
This study investigates the dynamics of refugee solidarity among Islamic communities in Istanbul, focusing on the Fatih district. Drawing on fieldwork and qualitative analysis, it explores how religious beliefs, Islamic discourse, and state-promoted notions of “Islamic brotherhood” shape practices of solidarity toward refugees. The findings demonstrate that while faith-based motivations enable acts of solidarity, such support is often hierarchical, conditional, and influenced by political, economic, and cultural factors. Shared religious identity does not necessarily guarantee equitable access or genuine inclusion within mosque communities and other Islamic spaces.
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Nodes 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 - Caravan

Ended

Countries:
Mauritania, Morocco
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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Node 05 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
Belgium - Brussels
Start date:
11/2023
End date:
02/2024
Researchers:
L. Amigoni, I. Oubad
Title:
Reclaiming space, Forging Paths
Abstract:
Reception, Regularisation and Social Becoming of Unauthorised Migrants and their Supporters
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Node 06 - Antenna

Ended

Location:
Morocco - Rabat
Start date:
10/2023
End date:
02/2024
Researchers:
C. Cassarini, M. Lovato
Title:
Exploring Solidarity Spaces in Rabat's Peripheral Urban Landscape
Abstract:
Rabat serves as the inaugural node in the Morocco Antenna, offering a unique perspective on the interactions between the city and the various mobilities navigating through it.
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Node 10 - Experimental

Ended

Location:
Libya - Tripoli
Start date:
10/2023
End date:
02/2024
Researchers:
P. Cuttitta
Title:
Migrant Mobilizations in Libya: Local and Trans-National Forms of Solidarity
Abstract:
The research reconstructs the recent history of self-organized protests by people on the move in Libya, and analyzes the functional and spatial relationship between these initiatives and solidarity in its different forms.
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