immobility
The COVID‐19 pandemic brought much of the world to a standstill, but not all mobility stopped. Despite restrictions reducing tourism and other forms of movement, some people, including migrant workers in agriculture, continued to travel out of necessity. However, since societies reopened, non-essential mobility has bounced back without controversy, while
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When crises strike, the ability to move, or to be forced to stay, often comes down to legal status. Whether it is lockdowns during the pandemic, or the special protection offered to Ukrainian refugees, laws regulate who gets to cross borders, who has to stay in place, and under what
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The definition of migration has been subject to long conceptual discussions throughout history. Studies that investigate human migrations crossing national borders have failed to adequately account for the notion of mobility. One of the central objectives of the nccr – on the move is to explore the interconnectedness of migration
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This blog takes a closer look at the category of key workers as a method to govern mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. This category revealed and emphasized the ways in which mobility intersects with inequalities. Yet, while these inequalities were made visible at an extraordinary time, the pandemic was not
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Following the COVID-19 pandemic, problematic past legacies emerged from the intersection of mobility and gender/sexuality regimes. By diving into these continuities, I examine two compelling case studies – domestic caregivers and sex workers. These cases allow me to study how a global, but also a national, crisis of care emerged
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