Confronting Migration and Border Injustices and Inequalities: Transformations From Below

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Global migration is one of the most significant contemporary dynamics, yet many nation-states in the West have responded to this trend by further fortifying external borders and engaging in internal bordering practices that both reflect and produce significant social inequalities and injustices. In response to these dynamics, an emerging literature within the criminology of mobility has begun to focus attention on border crossers as pivotal actors in contemporary border struggles and broader social change. The papers in this session examine new theoretical developments and research insights that highlight the myriad ways that border crossers and their allies can – and do - transform borders from below.

Sub Unit

• Area II. Perspectives on Crime / 11. Theories of Conflict, Oppression, and Inequality

Individual Presentations

• Challenging the Borders of Difference and Inequality: The Criminological Implications of Migration as Social Movement - Nancy Wonders, Northern Arizona University; Lynn C. Jones, Northern Arizona University

• Rethinking ‘Stealing the Fire, 2.0 Style’: Furthering Engagement with Counter-security Technologies in the 21st Century - Sanja Milivojevic, La Trobe University

• Mismanaging the “Refugee’ Crisis in Italy: Expected Consequences of the Security Law in a Context of Undeportability - Giulia Fabini, University of Bologna

• Border Transformations From Below: Facing the Criminalization of Border Activism - Cristina Fernandez-Bessa, University of A Coruna, Spain

Chair

• Nancy Wonders, Northern Arizona University

Discussant

• Marie Segrave, Monash University