Immigration controls: from the ‘pauper alien’ to NRPF

Immigration controls: from the ‘pauper alien’ to NRPF

Most discussions of the UK’s ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ immigration rule would suggest that its origins lie in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The current iteration of the policy, which prevents people ‘subject to immigration control’ from accessing most...
Samfundssindets grænser

Samfundssindets grænser

Som et led i corona-nedlukningen af Danmark forsøger jeg dagligt at komme ud og bevæge mig og få lidt frisk luft i frokostpausen mellem de lange rækker af møder på Zoom og Teams. For nylig gik jeg en tur rundt om Avedøvre Holme sammen med hundeluftere,...
What is in a word?

What is in a word?

Their name is unimportant. They is often called a second generation immigrant in their home country. For two years, they was an expat in in the US, where their mother grew up. They is quite mobile, travelling and residing part of the year in a major European city...
Tanker fra felten om modstand og forbehold

Tanker fra felten om modstand og forbehold

Det kræver ikke mange minutters søgning på antropologisk litteratur før man finder ud af, at antropologer er glade for at bruge ord som ”samarbejde” og ”dialog”, når de beskriver deres egen forskning. Nogle vil måske gå så langt som at sige, det er blevet en diskurs....
Launching the SOLIDARITIES project

Launching the SOLIDARITIES project

Who do we consider deserving of welfare services and who not? How do we define who should be included, and who should not be included, in our understandings and practices of solidarity? How do we define the ‘us’ and ‘them’ implicit in these questions? The Solidarities...