Migration Mobilities Bristol (#MMB), a Specialist Research Institute providing new thinking on people and movement. Official account of @BristolUni.
Bristol, England
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MMB is interested in a wide range of opinions. Given the increasingly toxic and racist environment of X we feel this is no longer a forum for debate. We will not be posting here anymore. Do come and join us for more open conversation on Bluesky (@mmbuob.bsky.social) and LinkedIn.
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Who controls the rapidly expanding use of AI in migration technologies? The State or technology providers? Albert Sanchez-Graells questions the current state of regulation in his blog on privatised border regulation, AI, MigTech and public procurement👉 bit.ly/42nfSnc
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Wrapping up another episode of 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 - 📸 Bridget with guests @janineDahinden and @mdiasabey. They've clearly had fun talking about migrantization and the law! Episode 3 drops very soon - catch up on the MMB podcast here 👉👉 bit.ly/4gTc2a8
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Hear from Professor Katharine Charsley as she explains her latest research, exploring families, relationships and migration.
The Migration Mobilities Bristol approach is creative, conceptual and critical. Learn more about it here 👉 bit.ly/3ZL6syZ
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From the MMB blog - 'Refugee women’s struggles for rights and stability: insights from an intersectional lens'. Maite Ibáñez Bollerhoff draws on her research in small German towns to understand the challenges refugee women face in accessing support. 👉👉 bit.ly/4gFL5Gk
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The UK report on the impact of COVID on migration was expertly researched and brilliantly presented at this 2022 conference in Malta by @ProfDPrabhat. It has now been published so it will reach an even wider audience. churchstate.eu/pdf/NEW/tripa…
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Why is it important to research migration and citizenship? MMB Director Bridget Anderson, @KatieBales2 and Dr Laurence Publicover highlight Bristol's creative, conceptual and critical approach to studying migration. Learn more about it here 👉 bit.ly/3ZL6syZ
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Two project PhD studentships are now live - if you work with Masters cohorts in this area or are a part of linked networks please do share the opportunities!
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'We don’t think twice about the many kinds of movements solidified in our laptops... but we fixate on human movement and treat it as unquestionably a problem.' Read about the inspiration behind the MMB podcast in this interview with Bridget Anderson 👉 bit.ly/4fZG4rT
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The UK's border control is going online. From 31st Dec immigration status can only be accessed via an eVisa - physical documents will be obsolete. Kuba Jablonowski analyses the serious ramifications of this shift to full digitisation 👉 bit.ly/3OOf3f4
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‘Policies first targeted at migrants can end up being targeted at marginalised citizens.’ Are citizens and migrants as separate as governments make out? MMB challenges such boundaries on migration. Join us to start thinking differently about movement 👉 bit.ly/497HkGO
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‘What happens when you put the movement of things alongside migration? How does that unsettle stereotypes about who should and shouldn’t move?’ Victoria Hattam @ZolbergInst on why looking at trade helps us understand human mobilities. Full episode here 👉 spoti.fi/3Cgdbsy
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Does the 'legal identities for all' agenda always do more good than harm? @natbrinham explores its downside in anti-trafficking work when it serves to legitimise state borders and shift focus away from state policies 👉 bit.ly/4hZbgsR
Latest from @SPAISBristol series.
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What’s the connection between migration and mobilities? Animals, humans, plants, goods, money, data are all on the move. Read the MMB blog, listen to our podcast, come to our events to learn more about the connections between these movements and migration bit.ly/497HkGO
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We’re extracting ourselves from X. Our automated posts will continue on this account for now but please come and find us for more conversation on Bluesky (@mmbuob.bsky.social). We’re busy on LinkedIn, Threads and Facebook too. Hope to see you there!
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Now online: ep. 27 with @MarcusRediker and @nsharma101
On how people’s movements across oceans were—and remain—central to capital accumulation, until they begin projects of their own that challenge the powers dividing us by maintaining a radical orientation toward life
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📸‘Images and films have been a big part of how I’ve navigated understanding my childhood experience of being a child asylum seeker.’ 🎥 @nazmassoumi
talks about films he’s made and watched to help make sense of human movement. Listen now on Ep. 2 🎧👉 tinyurl.com/4wyey2a6
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In a new piece for @ConversationUK, Dr José Lingna Nafafé (@BristolHiPLA) uncovers new evidence highlighting the role Lourenço da Silva Mendonça, a Black African lawyer, played in championing slavery's abolition a full 150 years before William Wilberforce
theconversation.com/angolan-…
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‘Through the image I get a fresh take that opens up domains I’m not familiar with.’ Victoria Hattam @ZolbergInst talks to filmmaker @nazmassoumi about how her image of the US-Mexico border has opened up new ways of thinking about people and movement 🎧 👉 spoti.fi/3Cgdbsy
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