The EMES-COST research seminar Tackling the migrant and refugee challenge will take place at the Dpt. of Sociology, Trento, next November 22-23. HOMInG's Paolo Boccagni will convene a session on housing arrangements and pathways for asylum seekers and refugees. On November 24, moreover, the EURICSE national seminar (in Italian) Territori accoglienti will take place in Trento: http://www.ideeinrete.coop/articoli-home-page/32-migranti/640-worshop-territori-accoglienti
A call for papers for the 2019 IMISCOE conference has just been opened by Paolo Boccagni and Marta Bivand Erdal. See details below. Deadline for application: Tuesday 27 November. Call for papers: Does migration make for better homes? Migrant housing investments and the struggle for integration, transnational ties, and the future Call for papers – for … Leggi tutto CFP: DOES MIGRATION MAKE FOR BETTER HOMES? MIGRANT HOUSING INVESTMENTS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR INTEGRATION, TRANSNATIONAL TIES, AND THE FUTURE
HOMING INTERVIEW # 18: Anne Sigfrid Grønseth Professor in Social Anthropology at Lillehammer University College Conducted by Aurora Massa in Stockholm on 16 August 2018 "During our research, we found asylum seekers engaged in what we would call homemaking processes: they buy things they like, they often have brought small things with them – such as … Leggi tutto HOMING INTERVIEW #18: Anne Sigfrid Grønseth
HOMInG's seminar no. 19_18, in Italian, was with Antonio Tosi, a leading expert in housing studies in Italy. In this presentation Tosi discusses the complex interaction between poverty, housing and homelessness. In doing so, he revisits the Italian case in a comparative framework. His rich and detailed analysis is of great interest for housing scholars … Leggi tutto Antonio Tosi: Rethinking housing as a matter of social welfare (video)
HOMInG seminar 19_18 (in Italian) will take place next May 23 at 4pm, Dpt. of Sociology. The invited speaker is Antonio Tosi (Politecnico di Milano), a very well-known sociologist of housing. His discussants will be Teresio Poggio and Paolo Boccagni. Tosi's presentation will be related to his recent book Le case dei poveri: E' ancora possibile … Leggi tutto New seminar: Antonio Tosi, “Rethinking housing as a matter of social welfare” (in Italian)
The ISA RC 43 (Housing and the Built Environment) will hold its annual conference at the City University of Hong Kong, next June 18-21: "Unreal state? Rethinking housing, class and identity". On Monday June 19 afternoon, within a session on "Migration, mobility and class ", Paolo Boccagni will give a presentation on "Feeling at home: … Leggi tutto HOMInG @ ISA RC 43, HONG KONG (JUNE 18-21)
