Tag: Paolo Boccagni

S. BONFANTI, P. BOCCAGNI: ‘FRONT DOORS AND BACKYARDS OF SOCIAL DIFFERENCE’ (IN ‘MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT AND DIVERSITY – THE IRIS ANTHOLOGY’, 2023)

Sara Bonfanti and Paolo Boccagni have recently published a paper, based on HOMInG's fieldwork, within the new IRIS Anthology on Migration, Displacement and Diversity edited by  Laurence Lessard-Phillips, Anna Papoutsi, Nando Sigona and Paladia Ziss. This is how their chapter starts: "As a normative ideal of permanence and wellbeing, either as a place or condition, home does not resonate easily with migration and displacement. As our recent five-year … Leggi tutto S. BONFANTI, P. BOCCAGNI: ‘FRONT DOORS AND BACKYARDS OF SOCIAL DIFFERENCE’ (IN ‘MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT AND DIVERSITY – THE IRIS ANTHOLOGY’, 2023)

HOMING @ #ECAS2023 – AFRICAN FUTURES: ‘NO FUTURE YET’?

Paolo Boccagni will participate in the 2023 edition of the European Conference on African Studies in Cologne next week, dedicated to African Futures. Paolo's presentation is part of the Anth21 session "You have no future here: on speculative place-making, future-making, and migration", convened by Simon Turner and Loren Landau.  Paolo Boccagni No future yet? Exploring the futures-in-waiting of … Leggi tutto HOMING @ #ECAS2023 – AFRICAN FUTURES: ‘NO FUTURE YET’?

HOMING @ UNIVERSITY OF BIELEFELD – ‘THE TRANSNATIONAL LENS’

Paolo Boccagni will give a seminar at the University of Bielefeld, next week, as a part of the Sociology of Transnationalization - the Transnational Lens series. The seminar, on 31 May at 4.00, will be On the portability of home across displacement and migration: a conceptual framework. Colloquium Series Sociology of Transnationalization “The Transnational Lens”  On the Portability of Home … Leggi tutto HOMING @ UNIVERSITY OF BIELEFELD – ‘THE TRANSNATIONAL LENS’

‘HAUNTING HOMES AND EMERGING DILEMMAS OF BEING IN THE WORLD’ (BY P. BOCCAGNI, ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ANGLISTIK UND AMERIKANISTIK, 2023)

Paolo Boccagni has recently published a commentary to a Special issue of Zeitschrift Für Anglistik Und Amerikanistik, a "Quarterly of language, literature and culture". The Special issue, edited by Amina ElHalawani, is on Haunted by Homes. It includes valuable and original contributions from the field of literature and poetry studies, by scholars such as Fatemeh Shams, Lisa Marchi, Lars Eckstein, Russell West-Pavlov, and Amina ElHalawani. As … Leggi tutto ‘HAUNTING HOMES AND EMERGING DILEMMAS OF BEING IN THE WORLD’ (BY P. BOCCAGNI, ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ANGLISTIK UND AMERIKANISTIK, 2023)

HOMEMAKING IN SUPERDIVERSE PUBLIC SPACE (P. BOCCAGNI, IN ‘OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SUPERDIVERSITY’, 2022)

Paolo Boccagni has recently authored a chapter on Homemaking in superdiverse public space within the Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity edited by Fran Meissner, Nando Sigona and Steve Vertovec (Oxford UP, 2022). See the abstract below. This chapter invites a systematic exploration of the interplay between superdiversity and homemaking in the public urban space. The notion of home, as a form of … Leggi tutto HOMEMAKING IN SUPERDIVERSE PUBLIC SPACE (P. BOCCAGNI, IN ‘OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SUPERDIVERSITY’, 2022)

‘SOCIABLE OBJECTS’ AND HOME UNDER THE PANDEMIC: A CONVERSATION WITH PAOLO BOCCAGNI

Paolo Boccagni has recently been interviewed by Prisca Arosio (Social Objects / Oggetti Socievoli) as a part of an interview series on home and domestic objects during the covid-19 lockdowns. Starting from the book Thinking Home on the Move and from the article StayHome As a YouTube Performance, Paolo and Prisca engage in a broader conversation on the meanings of … Leggi tutto ‘SOCIABLE OBJECTS’ AND HOME UNDER THE PANDEMIC: A CONVERSATION WITH PAOLO BOCCAGNI

‘EXPOSING THE PRIVATE, ENGAGING IN THE PUBLIC: ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTIMATE PUBLICS AND NORMATIVE PERFORMANCES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION’ (D. GIUDICI & P. BOCCAGNI, ‘E&P D – SOCIETY & SPACE’, 2022)

Daniela Giudici and Paolo Boccagni have recently published an article on the public/private interplay in the everyday lives of asylum seekers in Italy, stemming from the fieldwork conducted in the HOASI and HOMInG projects. The paper is part of vol. 40, issue 6 of Environment & Planning D - Society and Space. See the abstract below. Giudici, D., & … Leggi tutto ‘EXPOSING THE PRIVATE, ENGAGING IN THE PUBLIC: ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTIMATE PUBLICS AND NORMATIVE PERFORMANCES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION’ (D. GIUDICI & P. BOCCAGNI, ‘E&P D – SOCIETY & SPACE’, 2022)

HOMING @ THANATIC ETHICS: RESPONSE, REPAIR, TRANSFORMATION (CSSSC – KOLKATA, 13-14 DECEMBER)

Paolo Boccagni will give a presentation at the second international conference of the interdisciplinary network Thanatic Ethics - The circulation of bodies in migratory spaces, in Kolkata next week. Paolo's presentation will be on: "Where should it be, and what should it look like? Mapping migrant imaginaries, moralities and aesthetics about their 'final homes'". See the … Leggi tutto HOMING @ THANATIC ETHICS: RESPONSE, REPAIR, TRANSFORMATION (CSSSC – KOLKATA, 13-14 DECEMBER)

HOMING @ CEMIG – UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN (17 NOVEMBER): ‘WHAT DO OBJECTS DO IN AN ASYLUM CENTRE?’

On November 17 at 6.30 Paolo Boccagni will give an invited lecture at the Forum Wissen - Moving Things, at the University of Gottingen. The lecture is on What do objects do in an asylum centre? Unpacking forced (im)mobility, (dis)connectedness, inertia and potential futures through the semi-domesticity of refuge. Paolo will also lead a "Migration Research Lab" at CeMig on Ethnography as … Leggi tutto HOMING @ CEMIG – UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN (17 NOVEMBER): ‘WHAT DO OBJECTS DO IN AN ASYLUM CENTRE?’

HOMING AT ‘STAY HOME: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOME’ (COPENHAGEN, 10-11 NOVEMBER)

Paolo Boccagni will participate in the forthcoming symposium on 'STAY HOME: New perspectives on the home' at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen (10-11 November). The meeting is a part of the Danish interdisciplinary research project   STAY HOME: the home during the corona crisis – and after. Paolo's presentation is on How covid-19 has been reshaping home (studies): … Leggi tutto HOMING AT ‘STAY HOME: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOME’ (COPENHAGEN, 10-11 NOVEMBER)

ON THE UNHOMELY: CONVERSATIONS AROUND UNCANNY PLACES (TRENTO, 3-4 NOVEMBER)

Paolo Boccagni and Andrea Mubi Brighenti have convened an interdisciplinary workshop on the "unhomely" at the University of Trento (3-4 November). The conversation will involve colleagues such as Henriette Steiner, Irene Sartoretti, Hagar Kotef, Laura Raccanelli, Caterina Nirta and Amina El Halawani. More details below. The unhomely: conversations around uncanny placesA two-day workshop toward a journal special issueUniversity of Trento, Italy, 3-4 November 2022Convened by Paolo Boccagni & Andrea Mubi … Leggi tutto ON THE UNHOMELY: CONVERSATIONS AROUND UNCANNY PLACES (TRENTO, 3-4 NOVEMBER)

‘CALIBRATING HOME, HOSPITALITY AND RECIPROCITY IN MIGRATION’ (HARNEY & BOCCAGNI, ‘ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY’, 2022)

'CALIBRATING HOME, HOSPITALITY AND RECIPROCITY IN MIGRATION'  (HARNEY & BOCCAGNI, 'ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY', 2022) Nicholas Harney (UWO) and Paolo Boccagni have recently published an open-access article in Anthropological Theory.  The article revisits the anthropological debate on home and hospitality by advancing a notion of 'calibrated reciprocity', based on both authors' fieldwork. See the full citation and abstract below. Harney, N. D., & Boccagni, P. … Leggi tutto ‘CALIBRATING HOME, HOSPITALITY AND RECIPROCITY IN MIGRATION’ (HARNEY & BOCCAGNI, ‘ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY’, 2022)