Categoria: Publications

NEW BOOK: LUIS EDUARDO PEREZ MURCIA, “A LONG JOURNEY HOME: LOSING AND REMAKING HOME FOLLOWING CONFLICT AND DISPLACEMENT” (BERGHAHN, OA, 2025)

Former Hominger Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia has just published A long journey home, a major contribution to the study of home, and to the quest and the struggle for it, after forced displacement. Based on in-depth narrative fieldwork in Colombia, this open-access book examines the experiences of those whose sense of home has been disrupted by decades of … Leggi tutto NEW BOOK: LUIS EDUARDO PEREZ MURCIA, “A LONG JOURNEY HOME: LOSING AND REMAKING HOME FOLLOWING CONFLICT AND DISPLACEMENT” (BERGHAHN, OA, 2025)

P. BOCCAGNI, E. ZONTINI: ‘HOME AND BELONGING IN MIGRATION’ (IN: ‘ELGAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL MIGRATION’, 2025)

Paolo Boccagni and Elisabetta Zontini have recently authored a chapter on Home and belonging in migration, as a part of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Migration edited by Laura Oso, Natalia Ribas-Mateos and Melissa Moralli. See the abstract below. Home and belonging are interconnected categories, and point to questions of increasing significance, in migration and refugee studies. This … Leggi tutto P. BOCCAGNI, E. ZONTINI: ‘HOME AND BELONGING IN MIGRATION’ (IN: ‘ELGAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL MIGRATION’, 2025)

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_13: ‘WHOSE HOMES? APPROACHING THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF ‘REMITTANCE HOUSES’ FROM WITHIN” (BY P. BOCCAGNI & G. ECHEVERRIA)

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 13 by Paolo Boccagni and Gabriel Echeverria revisits the emerging literature on so-called remittance houses along conceptual, methodological and self-reflexive lines. Building on their visits and stays in migrant … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_13: ‘WHOSE HOMES? APPROACHING THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF ‘REMITTANCE HOUSES’ FROM WITHIN” (BY P. BOCCAGNI & G. ECHEVERRIA)

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_12: ‘MIGRANT DOMESTIC SPACE AS KINSHIP SPACE: DWELLING IN THE ‘DISTANT HOME’ OF ONE’S IN-LAWS’ (BY B. BERTOLANI)

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 12 by Barbara Bertolani starts from the proposition that much qualitative research on international migration has interrogated the influence of a migratory background on the access to the … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_12: ‘MIGRANT DOMESTIC SPACE AS KINSHIP SPACE: DWELLING IN THE ‘DISTANT HOME’ OF ONE’S IN-LAWS’ (BY B. BERTOLANI)

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_11: ‘TRANSNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF HOME THROUGH OBJECTS: A MULTISITED ETHNOGRAPHY IN PERUVIAN HOMES’ ‘ (BY L.E. PEREZ-MURCIA)

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 11 by Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia discusses the added value of visiting migrants’ current and previous houses, when investigating the transnational circulation of home. The chapter draws on ethnographic … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_11: ‘TRANSNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF HOME THROUGH OBJECTS: A MULTISITED ETHNOGRAPHY IN PERUVIAN HOMES’ ‘ (BY L.E. PEREZ-MURCIA)

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_9: ‘LOOKING FOR HOMES IN MIGRANTS’ INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS: A CASE STUDY FROM ITALY’ (BY E. FRAVEGA) 

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 9  by Enrico Fravega offers an overview of migrants’ home experience in informal settlements. Focusing on the case of an agro-industrial district in Southern Italy, and based on ethnographic fieldwork, … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_9: ‘LOOKING FOR HOMES IN MIGRANTS’ INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS: A CASE STUDY FROM ITALY’ (BY E. FRAVEGA) 

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_8: ‘(IN)VISIBILITY: ON THE DOORSTEP OF A MEDIATIZED REFUGEES’ SQUAT’ (BY D. GIUDICI) 

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 8  by Daniela Giudici explores migrants’ squats in marginal and “out of sight” urban areas, at the intersection of institutional neglect and alternative strategies for self-managed living. At times, migrants’ informal … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_8: ‘(IN)VISIBILITY: ON THE DOORSTEP OF A MEDIATIZED REFUGEES’ SQUAT’ (BY D. GIUDICI) 

HOMING @ MODI (UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLOGNA) – LA LOTTA PER IL TEMPO / REFUGEE ‘STRUGGLES FOR TIME’ (24 APRIL)

Paolo Boccagni and Enrico Fravega will present La lotta per il tempo ("Struggling for time", a book co-authored with Daniela Giudici) next Wednesday 24 April at the University of Bologna - Centro di Ricerca MODI (Mobilità, Diversità, Inclusione sociale - Chair: Bruno Riccio). The book draws on HOASI's multi-sited research on the multiple and contrasting temporalities that inform housing conditions and pathways of asylum seekers … Leggi tutto HOMING @ MODI (UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLOGNA) – LA LOTTA PER IL TEMPO / REFUGEE ‘STRUGGLES FOR TIME’ (24 APRIL)

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_7: ‘ROOMS WITH LITTLE VIEW: RELUCTANT HOMEMAKING AND THE NEGOTIATION OF SPACE IN AN ASYLUM CENTRE’ (BY P. BOCCAGNI)

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 7  by Paolo Boccagni approaches reception centres for asylum seekers, and “camps” more broadly, as a subject of increasing interest in refugee, housing and border studies. Only a fraction of … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_7: ‘ROOMS WITH LITTLE VIEW: RELUCTANT HOMEMAKING AND THE NEGOTIATION OF SPACE IN AN ASYLUM CENTRE’ (BY P. BOCCAGNI)

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_5: ‘SHARED FLATS IN MADRID: ACCESSING AND ANALYSING MIGRANTS’ SENSE OF HOME’ (BY A. MIRANDA-NIETO) 

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 5  by Alejandro Miranda-Nieto starts from the premise that many migrants opt for shared accommodation as a way of coping with the shortage of affordable housing in large cities. As … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_5: ‘SHARED FLATS IN MADRID: ACCESSING AND ANALYSING MIGRANTS’ SENSE OF HOME’ (BY A. MIRANDA-NIETO) 

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_4: ‘WELCOME UPON CONDITIONS: ON VISITING A MULTIGENERATIONAL IMMIGRANT HOUSE(HOLD)’ (BY S. BONFANTI)  

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 4  by Sara Bonfantibuilds upon extensive ethnographic research with South Asian diasporas in Britain. To depict and disentangle the complexity of such migrant collectives, three case studies are considered, … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_4: ‘WELCOME UPON CONDITIONS: ON VISITING A MULTIGENERATIONAL IMMIGRANT HOUSE(HOLD)’ (BY S. BONFANTI)  

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_3: ‘THE NEXT-DOOR MIGRANT: AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF EVERYDAY HOME ENCOUNTERS ACROSS DIFFERENCE’ (BY F. VIETTI)

 As a part of Migration and domestic space, an OA collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 3 by Francesco Vietti explores homemaking as a process that involves different generations of migrants, connecting multiple stories and scales of mobility: local, national, transnational. This is the case … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_3: ‘THE NEXT-DOOR MIGRANT: AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF EVERYDAY HOME ENCOUNTERS ACROSS DIFFERENCE’ (BY F. VIETTI)

MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_2: ‘A HOUSE OF HOMES: ON THE MULTISCALARITY AND AMBIVALENCE OF HOMEMAKING IN A MULTICULTURAL CONDOMINIUM IN ITALY’ (BY A. CANCELLIERI)

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an Open Access collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees edited by P. Boccagni and S. Bonfanti, Chapter 2 by Adriano Cancellieri reflects on homemaking within a multicultural condominium in central Italy. Hotel House, located in the small town of Porto Recanati, is home to almost 2000 … Leggi tutto MIGRATION & DOMESTIC SPACE_2: ‘A HOUSE OF HOMES: ON THE MULTISCALARITY AND AMBIVALENCE OF HOMEMAKING IN A MULTICULTURAL CONDOMINIUM IN ITALY’ (BY A. CANCELLIERI)

‘STRANGER, GUEST, RESEARCHER: A CASE FOR DOMESTIC ETHNOGRAPHY IN MIGRATION STUDIES’ (BOCCAGNI & BONFANTI, OA, 2023)

As a part of Migration and domestic space, an Open Access collection of "ethnographies of home in the making" among migrants and refugees, the Introduction by Boccagni and Bonfanti is like a state of the art on the potential of domestic ethnography, in a larger frame of host-guest relationship, in migration and refugee studies. As the authors write, being … Leggi tutto ‘STRANGER, GUEST, RESEARCHER: A CASE FOR DOMESTIC ETHNOGRAPHY IN MIGRATION STUDIES’ (BOCCAGNI & BONFANTI, OA, 2023)