JOURNAL ARTICLES

  Qualitative-archival research on migration is not just preservation   Federica Manzoli, Matteo Al Kalak, Maria Chiara Rioli     Qualitative-archival research is needed to support effective policies and the work of practitioners working in the field of migration. This Open Letter helps readers to understand how this happens in different contexts, as more than 150 stakeholders among [...]

Housing Practices of Albanian Immigrants in Athens: An “in-between” Socio-Spatial Condition   Iris Polyzou, Stavros Nikiforos Spyrellis Immigrants’ access to housing is often the outcome of self-settlement practices within a context of limited social policies that often characterizes Southern European metropolises. Hence, immigrants are facing multiple constraints and remain vulnerable towards diverse socioeconomic fluctuations. This […]

A prevention approach to undocumented forms of migration across the Mediterranean Sea: a critical assessment from Italy Monica Massari, Simona Miceli, Ombretta Ingrascì   This article is aimed at providing a solid empirical basis which can inspire the development of more informed strategies in the field of prevention of undocumented forms of migration across the Mediterranean. [...]

SENEGAL REPORT When I traveled to Senegal to meet up with so-called ‘potential migrants’ and gather their view on migration, I was torn between two feelings. On the one hand, I was delighted to have the opportunity to meet up again with the people of Koubanao, with whom I'd been in contact for almost 30 [...]

Affectivity, embodied knowledge and reflexivity in creative biographical research on migration in the Mediterranean context   Author: Gianluca Gatta, Monica Massari & Simona Miceli   The biographical and reflexive turn in migration studies has challenged unidimensional and stereotyped representations of migrants and refugees’ stories and subjectivities by bringing into focus their often-marginalized voice, agency, and [...]

Persistent Gender and Racial Hierarchies: Marriage Migration and Mixedness in Morocco from the French Protectorate to the Present   Catherine Therrien and Catherine Phipps   This article presents a historical and anthropological approach to mixed marriages in Morocco, tracking the continuities and changes between the French colonial period and contemporary experiences to see how attitudes [...]

Counter-Narratives about Sub-Saharan Migrant Women in the Digital Public Sphere   Kenza Oumlil   This article looks at counter-narratives of sub-Saharan migrant women in the digital public sphere in Morocco. It aims to highlight the civic engagement of migrant social media activism. Whereas migration and media have been covered in other contexts, this study contributes [...]

Jerusalem Quarterly Second Special Issue UNRWA Archives   Co-editors: Maria Chiara Rioli and Francesca Biancani   This issue of the Jerusalem Quarterly is the second of two special issues dedicated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), its archives, and its history/ies.   Link to OA [...]

UNRWA Archives   Co-editors: Maria Chiara Rioli and Francesca Biancani   The present issue of Jerusalem Quartely is the first of two special issues that focus on the UN agency for Palestinian refugee relief and its troubled history, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach, engaging and connecting historical, anthropological, and sociological methods. This first part concentrates on [...]

Archives and Potentiality in Jordanian Jerusalem (1948–67)   Authors: Vincent Lemire, Maria Chiara Rioli   The history of Jerusalem through the Jordanian period is still largely unexplored by historiography. Generally overlooked and presented as an “immobile” or “declining” age, a mere transition between the Mandate rule and the Israeli occupation, Lemire and Rioli point out [...]

Our lives and bodies matter: memories of violence and strategies of resistance among migrants crossing the Mediterranean   Author: Monica Massari   This article addresses the counter-effects of the politics of externalization of European frontiers in Libya through a qualitative analysis of a case study concerning a group of Somali asylum-seekers who, after being held [...]

Archives-in-the-Making, Vulnerable Communities and Migration: Outreach and Innovative Scholarship in Audiovisual-Based Research Projects and Associations   Authors: Matteo Al Kalak, Gianluca Gatta   This edition of (Dis)Agreements is the product of our own experience with the conceptualisation, organisation, and development of an online open archive that compiles and shares a collection of films, videos, and [...]