paolo novak
@terminalias.bsky.social
borders, migration, development
sottovoce
sottovoce
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Join us: 14 November 7pm SOAS BGLT
A performance by Ice&Fire, specially scripted for CMDS and its conversation on "Return -an idea, practice, and contested horizon"
Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-way...
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A performance by Ice&Fire, specially scripted for CMDS and its conversation on "Return -an idea, practice, and contested horizon"
Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-way...
@soasdevelopment.bsky.social @migrationscholars.bsky.social @soasanthro.bsky.social
On the way to the airport - A Theatre Performance by Ice&Fire
A specially curated script for CMDS and its "Return - a conversation" series of events - followed by Q&A
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November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Join us: 14 November 7pm SOAS BGLT
A performance by Ice&Fire, specially scripted for CMDS and its conversation on "Return -an idea, practice, and contested horizon"
Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-way...
@soasdevelopment.bsky.social @migrationscholars.bsky.social @soasanthro.bsky.social
A performance by Ice&Fire, specially scripted for CMDS and its conversation on "Return -an idea, practice, and contested horizon"
Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-way...
@soasdevelopment.bsky.social @migrationscholars.bsky.social @soasanthro.bsky.social
"the border separates things and people precisely because they are already intertwined rather than preventing them from becoming intertwined"
This is a very good way of phrasing it
muse.jhu.edu/article/971352
This is a very good way of phrasing it
muse.jhu.edu/article/971352
Project MUSE - Border-as-Flesh: Towards a Theory of Border Reversibility
muse.jhu.edu
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"the border separates things and people precisely because they are already intertwined rather than preventing them from becoming intertwined"
This is a very good way of phrasing it
muse.jhu.edu/article/971352
This is a very good way of phrasing it
muse.jhu.edu/article/971352
Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine - SOAS
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Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine
The Senate has published a ‘Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine’.
www.soas.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine - SOAS
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HAPPENING TODAY at 5pm! Join us at SOAS (SWLT) or via Zoom as @terminalias.bsky.social offers fresh perspectives on the European migration crisis!
@soasuni.bsky.social
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Join us this Thursday for @terminalias.bsky.social's book launch!
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT
Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh
@soasuni.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT
Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh
@soasuni.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
HAPPENING TODAY at 5pm! Join us at SOAS (SWLT) or via Zoom as @terminalias.bsky.social offers fresh perspectives on the European migration crisis!
@soasuni.bsky.social
@naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social
@soasuni.bsky.social
@naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social
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I had the honor of participating remotely in this powerful, extraordinarily timely and visionary event organized by Paolo and his colleagues, and look forward to continuing dialogue & collaboration!
📌Return - a two-day workshop exploring the concept and practices of return
📅 Day 1: 17 October 2025, 5:30 pm, DLT, SOAS
📅 Day 2: 18 October 2025, 1:00–5:00 pm, SOAS Bar
info and registration
➡️https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/return-workshop-idea-practice-and-contested-horizon
📅 Day 1: 17 October 2025, 5:30 pm, DLT, SOAS
📅 Day 2: 18 October 2025, 1:00–5:00 pm, SOAS Bar
info and registration
➡️https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/return-workshop-idea-practice-and-contested-horizon
October 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I had the honor of participating remotely in this powerful, extraordinarily timely and visionary event organized by Paolo and his colleagues, and look forward to continuing dialogue & collaboration!
This discussion is part of the Global Teach In/out events organised by Migration_Scholars_Global_Network
📍Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square London
📆11 November 1pm
Join us!
and join the network
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@migrationscholars.bsky.social
📍Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square London
📆11 November 1pm
Join us!
and join the network
www.instagram.com/migration_sc...
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
@migrationscholars.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This discussion is part of the Global Teach In/out events organised by Migration_Scholars_Global_Network
📍Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square London
📆11 November 1pm
Join us!
and join the network
www.instagram.com/migration_sc...
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
@migrationscholars.bsky.social
📍Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square London
📆11 November 1pm
Join us!
and join the network
www.instagram.com/migration_sc...
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
@migrationscholars.bsky.social
📌Return - a two-day workshop exploring the concept and practices of return
📅 Day 1: 17 October 2025, 5:30 pm, DLT, SOAS
📅 Day 2: 18 October 2025, 1:00–5:00 pm, SOAS Bar
info and registration
➡️https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/return-workshop-idea-practice-and-contested-horizon
📅 Day 1: 17 October 2025, 5:30 pm, DLT, SOAS
📅 Day 2: 18 October 2025, 1:00–5:00 pm, SOAS Bar
info and registration
➡️https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/return-workshop-idea-practice-and-contested-horizon
October 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📌Return - a two-day workshop exploring the concept and practices of return
📅 Day 1: 17 October 2025, 5:30 pm, DLT, SOAS
📅 Day 2: 18 October 2025, 1:00–5:00 pm, SOAS Bar
info and registration
➡️https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/return-workshop-idea-practice-and-contested-horizon
📅 Day 1: 17 October 2025, 5:30 pm, DLT, SOAS
📅 Day 2: 18 October 2025, 1:00–5:00 pm, SOAS Bar
info and registration
➡️https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/return-workshop-idea-practice-and-contested-horizon
The asylum accommodation “ problem” is about how the state organises inequality.
Hotels, barracks, flats – all are political battlegrounds where the wider inequalities in our society are exposed.
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Hotels, barracks, flats – all are political battlegrounds where the wider inequalities in our society are exposed.
www.soas.ac.uk/about/blogs/...
Five lessons the UK can learn from Italy’s asylum accommodation crisis
Asylum accommodation is a political battleground: drawing on his research in Italy, Dr Paolo Novak shows how the UK’s case reveals that it is never just about housing, but about power, inequality, and...
www.soas.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The asylum accommodation “ problem” is about how the state organises inequality.
Hotels, barracks, flats – all are political battlegrounds where the wider inequalities in our society are exposed.
www.soas.ac.uk/about/blogs/...
Hotels, barracks, flats – all are political battlegrounds where the wider inequalities in our society are exposed.
www.soas.ac.uk/about/blogs/...
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"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.msnbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
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Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
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June 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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0ut today!
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure is a carto-ethnography of the EU border machine told through the buildings that house it.
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a thread🧵
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure is a carto-ethnography of the EU border machine told through the buildings that house it.
@SOASDevelopment @soasdevtrac @SOAS_CMDS
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/buildings-of...
a thread🧵
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure; This book examines the buildings used as reception centres for asylum seekers in central Italy to reveal how they reflect the Euro...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
0ut today!
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure is a carto-ethnography of the EU border machine told through the buildings that house it.
@SOASDevelopment @soasdevtrac @SOAS_CMDS
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/buildings-of...
a thread🧵
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure is a carto-ethnography of the EU border machine told through the buildings that house it.
@SOASDevelopment @soasdevtrac @SOAS_CMDS
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/buildings-of...
a thread🧵
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Drone spotted above the Madleen is believed to be Israeli Heron drone, operated by Greek coast guard. EU / Frontex pioneered maritime surveillance for targeting migrants, with multi-billion dollar contracts going to Israeli manufacturers. Fortress Europe & Zionist genocide are reinforcing violences.
June 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Drone spotted above the Madleen is believed to be Israeli Heron drone, operated by Greek coast guard. EU / Frontex pioneered maritime surveillance for targeting migrants, with multi-billion dollar contracts going to Israeli manufacturers. Fortress Europe & Zionist genocide are reinforcing violences.
"The forum moves beyond documenting destruction to consider how infrastructure is both a tool of domination and a terrain of struggle. it highlights how Palestinians resist infrastructural warfare and how international solidarity movements can intervene in the systems that enable it."
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New forum in Geopolitics: Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza
How is infrastructure weaponised in Israel's settler colonial warfare and how is it being disrupted by transnational solidarity? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How is infrastructure weaponised in Israel's settler colonial warfare and how is it being disrupted by transnational solidarity? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity
This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israel’s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...
www.tandfonline.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"The forum moves beyond documenting destruction to consider how infrastructure is both a tool of domination and a terrain of struggle. it highlights how Palestinians resist infrastructural warfare and how international solidarity movements can intervene in the systems that enable it."
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I have been #nicotine_sober for 44 days and approximately 8 hours and 40 minutes, after roughly 40 years of joyful and committed addiction.
Amongst many other contrasting feelings, I feel really sorry for those #academic colleagues whose contributions I have had to #peerreview in this period.
Amongst many other contrasting feelings, I feel really sorry for those #academic colleagues whose contributions I have had to #peerreview in this period.
May 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I have been #nicotine_sober for 44 days and approximately 8 hours and 40 minutes, after roughly 40 years of joyful and committed addiction.
Amongst many other contrasting feelings, I feel really sorry for those #academic colleagues whose contributions I have had to #peerreview in this period.
Amongst many other contrasting feelings, I feel really sorry for those #academic colleagues whose contributions I have had to #peerreview in this period.
out in one month
ebook at £27.99 or 21quid if you subscribe to the @BrisUniPress mailing list.
info and marketing to follow
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ebook at £27.99 or 21quid if you subscribe to the @BrisUniPress mailing list.
info and marketing to follow
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Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure; This book examines the buildings used as reception centres for asylum seekers in central Italy to reveal how they reflect the Euro...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
out in one month
ebook at £27.99 or 21quid if you subscribe to the @BrisUniPress mailing list.
info and marketing to follow
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/buildings-of...
ebook at £27.99 or 21quid if you subscribe to the @BrisUniPress mailing list.
info and marketing to follow
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/buildings-of...
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🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
May 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
very much looking forward to this talk, which will allow me to set in conversation my book with the idea of 'refugee heritage' (anooradha iyer siddiqi, alessandro petti, emilio distretti, and others)
May 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
very much looking forward to this talk, which will allow me to set in conversation my book with the idea of 'refugee heritage' (anooradha iyer siddiqi, alessandro petti, emilio distretti, and others)
"emerging jurisprudence of resistance and poetry of liberation provide us with a basis for the kind of critical reflection and engagement we need, from below, in response to the onslaught that seeks to erode and nullify our rights, and the channels through which we express them"
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Please see below my latest article online at Truthout- please share widely!
@cperezbustillo.bsky.social writes “Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned what will come to be recognized as a historic 17-page dissent…” truthout.org/articles/tru...
April 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"emerging jurisprudence of resistance and poetry of liberation provide us with a basis for the kind of critical reflection and engagement we need, from below, in response to the onslaught that seeks to erode and nullify our rights, and the channels through which we express them"
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Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
New insights for the #bordermanagement and conflict lecture
A village on Nepal’s border with India has found a way to reduce conflicts with wild Asian elephants in recent years: By switching their crops from rice and maize, which elephants love to eat, to tea and lemon, the farmers of Bahundangi are now seeing fewer elephants devouring their harvest..
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Nepali farmers switch crops to reduce human-elephant conflict
A village on Nepal’s border with India has found a way to reduce conflicts with wild Asian elephants in recent years: By switching their crops from rice and maize, which elephants love to eat, to tea…
news.mongabay.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
New insights for the #bordermanagement and conflict lecture
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.