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)

HOMING @ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY: ‘NAVIGATING CATEGORIES OF HOME: ON THE SCALES AND REACHES OF A PLACE THAT MATTERS FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES’ (13 FEBRUARY)

Paolo Boccagni will give a lecture at Radboud University, Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment Department, next 13 February at 12.15pm. The lecture is on Navigating categories of home: on the scales and reaches of a place that matters for migrants and refugees. See the abstract below. How can the burgeoning repertoire of 'home studies' elucidate the lived experience … Leggi tutto HOMING @ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY: ‘NAVIGATING CATEGORIES OF HOME: ON THE SCALES AND REACHES OF A PLACE THAT MATTERS FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES’ (13 FEBRUARY)

HOMING @IASFM CONFERENCE: FORCED DISPLACEMENT IN AN URBANIZING WORLD (JAKARTA, 21-23 JANUARY)

Paolo Boccagni will give a presentation at the 20th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM). Paolo's presentation, in the session 'Global Agenda: Border and Migration 2', will be on Private memory as public concern: Revisiting proximity to death in forced migration through ethnography as care.  See the abstract below. Global Agenda - … Leggi tutto HOMING @IASFM CONFERENCE: FORCED DISPLACEMENT IN AN URBANIZING WORLD (JAKARTA, 21-23 JANUARY)

HOMING AT GHENT UNIVERSITY: ‘SOCIAL WORK, HOMELESSNESS, MIGRATION AND THE BORDER OF THE WELFARE STATE’ (16 DECEMBER)

Paolo Boccagni will give an invited lecture at the University of Ghent, next 16 December, as a part of the Seminar "Meet the Phd Jury: Social work, Homelessness, Migration and the Borders of the Welfare State". Paolo's lecture will be on "From home to homing, and back to house: revisiting a decade of research into home and … Leggi tutto HOMING AT GHENT UNIVERSITY: ‘SOCIAL WORK, HOMELESSNESS, MIGRATION AND THE BORDER OF THE WELFARE STATE’ (16 DECEMBER)

HOMING @ FLACSO ECUADOR: ’25 ANOS DE ESTUDIOS MIGRATORIOS EN ECUADOR’ (QUITO, 9-10 DECEMBER)

Paolo Boccagni will participate in a seminar convened by FLACSO Ecuador, next 9-10 December, as a part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of FLACSO in the Latin American country. About 25 researchers from Latin America, North America and Europe will gather together to discuss the state of the art of research on migration to/from Ecuador. Paolo's … Leggi tutto HOMING @ FLACSO ECUADOR: ’25 ANOS DE ESTUDIOS MIGRATORIOS EN ECUADOR’ (QUITO, 9-10 DECEMBER)

CFP: DOMESTIC ETHNOGRAPHY IN MARGINALISED AND SHARED DWELLING SPACES: RELATIONSHIPS, DILEMMAS, AND THE MICRO-MACRO LINK (‘ETHNOGRAPHY & QUALITATIVE RESEARCH’ CONFERENCE, TRENTO, JULY 2025) 

Paolo Boccagni and Eduardo Barberis have convened a session at the forthcoming Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference, which will take place in Trento next 10-12 July. The session is about Domestic ethnography in marginalised and shared dwelling spaces: Relationships, dilemmas, and the micro-macro link (abstract below). The call for papers is now open! Deadline for online paper submission: 20 January 2025, on this website   Domestic ethnography in marginalised … Leggi tutto CFP: DOMESTIC ETHNOGRAPHY IN MARGINALISED AND SHARED DWELLING SPACES: RELATIONSHIPS, DILEMMAS, AND THE MICRO-MACRO LINK (‘ETHNOGRAPHY & QUALITATIVE RESEARCH’ CONFERENCE, TRENTO, JULY 2025) 

CFP: ‘AFRICAN WAYS OF DWELLING IN EUROPE: A CONVERSATION ACROSS HOUSING PATHWAYS AND HOME CULTURES’ (ECAS – ‘AFRICAN, AFROPEAN, AFROPOLITAN’, PRAGUE, JUNE 2025) 

Within the 2025 European Conference of African Studies (Prague, 25-28 June 2025), Paolo Boccagni and Aïssatou Mbodj-Pouye (Institut des mondes africains - IMAF) have convened a session on "African ways of dwelling in Europe: a conversation across housing pathways and home cultures". The proposed panel is in Anthropology, under the thematic stream "Afropolitanism and Afropean Belongings". Deadline for online abstract submissions: 15 December. More details below! SHORT … Leggi tutto CFP: ‘AFRICAN WAYS OF DWELLING IN EUROPE: A CONVERSATION ACROSS HOUSING PATHWAYS AND HOME CULTURES’ (ECAS – ‘AFRICAN, AFROPEAN, AFROPOLITAN’, PRAGUE, JUNE 2025) 

HOMING @ EUI | UNIVERSITY OF GHANA: ‘GOVERNING (AFRICAN) BORDERS, SECURITY AND MIGRATION’ (ACCRA, 14-15 OCTOBER)

Paolo Boccagni will participate in the international conference 'Governing (African) borders, security and migration', convened by EUI and the University of Ghana, to take place in Ghana next 14-15 October. Paolo's presentation will be on "Which borders should matter? On the perceived legitimacy and morality of borders among young West African men in an asylum centre".  Abstract:   … Leggi tutto HOMING @ EUI | UNIVERSITY OF GHANA: ‘GOVERNING (AFRICAN) BORDERS, SECURITY AND MIGRATION’ (ACCRA, 14-15 OCTOBER)

CALL FOR PAPERS – 2025 ISA FORUM: ‘FOR A SOCIOLOGY OF SHARED HOUSING’ (E. BARBERIS, P. BOCCAGNI) – DEADLINE: 15 OCTOBER 

Within the 2025 Forum of the International Sociological Association in Rabat, Eduardo Barberis and Paolo Boccagni have convened a session on shared housing - For a Sociology of Shared Housing: Practices, Policies, Pathways. The session is hosted by RC21 on Regional and Urban Development. See the abstract below! Here is the link for submission - deadline: 15 October For a Sociology of Shared … Leggi tutto CALL FOR PAPERS – 2025 ISA FORUM: ‘FOR A SOCIOLOGY OF SHARED HOUSING’ (E. BARBERIS, P. BOCCAGNI) – DEADLINE: 15 OCTOBER 

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)

HOMING @ IMISCOE 2024: ‘MIGRATION AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION: A REFLEXIVE TURN’ (LISBON, 2-5 JULY)

As a part of the IMISCOE annual conference in Lisbon, 2-5 July, Paolo Boccagni will participate in a twofold session, co-convened with Alejandro Miranda-Nieto, on Home as metaphor: Exploring emotional, material and heuristic dimensions of migration. The hybrid panels, on 2 July afternoon, will also include contributions from E. Busse-Cárdenas, Q. Chen, A.C. Corrales-Øverlid, E. Gubrium, K. Nikielska-Sekuła, M. … Leggi tutto HOMING @ IMISCOE 2024: ‘MIGRATION AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION: A REFLEXIVE TURN’ (LISBON, 2-5 JULY)

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)