June 29, 2021

International workshop, virtual Mainz, July 2021

People on the move are always in place through their bodies, and by being in place, they co-constitute these places. Throughout their journeys, even those displaced […]
June 29, 2021

New Publication: Displacement and emplacement in African…

…migrant trajectories.A shifting yet grounded transnational social field: Interplays of displacement and emplacement in African migrant trajectories across Central America: In this article, we draw on […]
August 26, 2021

Fieldwork at the Mexico-Guatemala border

In Mexico, in August 2021, the fieldwork mainly focused on Tenosique, Tabasco and El Ceibo, Guatemala. In both cities there are migrant shelters that provide humanitarian […]
June 29, 2021

Fieldwork in Southern Costa Rica

In southern Costa Rica, in late 2019, the fieldwork mainly focused on a migrant reception center close to Golfito, a town near the border with Panama. […]
August 5, 2021

Keynote International Workshop July 2021 -Wendy A. Vogt (IUPUI Indianapolis)

Etched into Place: Racialized Landscapes, Embodied Movements and Communities of Knowledge along Mexico’s Arterial Border and Beyond  Through a metaphor of etchings, this talk explores the […]
June 29, 2021

Fieldwork in Northern Costa Rica

In northern Costa Rica, in 2018 and 2019, the fieldwork mainly focused on a migrant reception center in La Cruz, a town near the border with […]
June 29, 2021

Fieldwork in Panama

In Panama, in early 2019, the fieldwork mainly focused on the town of Metetí and the indigenous village of La Peñita in the Darién province (which […]
June 23, 2021

Fieldwork in Honduras

In Honduras, in early 2020, the fieldwork mainly focused on the small city of Choluteca and Guasaule, its nearby border crossing with Nicaragua. It took place […]