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Posts Tagged ‘citizenship’

‘You are not welcome here’: post-apartheid negrophobia and real aliens in Blomkamp’s District 9

by Henriette Gunkel and Christiane König • 7 Feb 10
Journal: Reviews

When District 9 was released…the film was an immediate box office hit…This was much to the surprise of critics, reviewers and bloggers, who seemed astonished…that a science fiction film with this impact could originate from South Africa.


Turning Universities into Borders: The Case of the SOAS Cleaners

by Alberto Toscano • 16 Jun 09

On Friday, June 12 cleaning staff at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), employed by the company ISS, were called to an emergency staff meeting, where they were set upon by forty immigration officers and taken away for questioning.


The business of direct provision: outside the integration debate?

by Steven Loyal • 17 Jun 08

Despite indications of a movement towards recession, some businesses in Ireland have continued to thrive. During the last fiscal year Bridgestock Ltd. increased its profits before tax by over 600% on an annual turnover of over 6.1 million. Bridgestock is…


The materialisation of race in multiculture

by Angela Mitropoulos • 23 Feb 08
Journal: Issues | Race/Matter [2]

To pose the question of the materiality of race is also, if one is inclined to trace the genealogy and circumstance of this problematic, to pose the question of multiculturalism’s ‘failure’. This is understood – and there are more or…


Racisms, Migration & Citizenship in Europe [audio]

by Sanjay Sharma • 5 Aug 07
Journal: Files

A dialogue with Ettiene Balibar, Sandro Mezzadra et al – hosted by Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process (CSISP), Dept of Sociology, Goldsmiths.