19.11.2020 , in ((Migration and Mobility in 2050))
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Lorenzo Piccoli
Some of the ways we practice and regulate human movement today may be fundamentally reassessed in the future. The Covid-19 pandemic, the ensuing travel restrictions, and the social experience of being in lockdown may trigger or accelerate a profound transformation in how we perceive human movement and its social impact,
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25.06.2020 , in ((Social Work))
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Hélène Martin and Béatrice Bertho
Alors que la recherche sur le sans-abrisme, en tant que condition d’existence nécessitant de vivre dans la rue ou de séjourner dans des centres d’hébergement d’urgence, a donné lieu à la constitution d’un champ de recherche dès les années 1980 en Europe, elle ne s’est que peu développée en Suisse.
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14.05.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility))
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Bridget Anderson
The COVID-19 outbreak has emphasized more than ever the question of how researchers can avoid reproducing the problematic and racialized representation of the “migrant” resulting from states’ efforts to prevent certain people’s mobilities. Recognizing how the national-scale perspective shapes and restricts our thinking, and starting by not differentiating between migrants
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12.05.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility))
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Janine Dahinden
The world has been confronted by not only the coronavirus pandemic, but also a surge of national(ist) responses to it. By closing their borders and introducing a travel ban for the Schengen Area, European countries have retreated into national fortresses that nonetheless remain highly unequal internally, prioritizing their own citizens’
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08.04.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility, Politics))
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Livia Tomás and Talin Marino
COVID-19 stellt unser soziales, politisches und wirtschaftliches Leben auf den Kopf. Zumindest zwischenzeitlich. So nötig und nachvollziehbar die vom Bundesrat verordneten Einschränkungen sind, so erstaunlich ist die weitgehend unkritische Diskussion der Restriktionen. Laufen wir damit Gefahr, dass sich die Einschränkungen in der Post-COVID-19-Ära zur Normalität mausern? Aus Spitälern geklautes Desinfektionsmittel,
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