Autonomy of Migration and the Governmentality of Plastic Borders

Authors

  • Mojca Pajnik Peace Institute, Faculty of Social Science

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/dd.v0i49.7257

Keywords:

autonomy of migration, borders, governmentality, plasticity, externalization of borders, Balkan migratory route,

Abstract

Inspired by the autonomy of migration approach, we analyse borders as sites of control and violence but also as migrant praxis, as strategies of escape and rupture. We explore the idea of “bodily borders”, emphasizing that borders shape subjects on the move and are themselves shaped by the embodied experiences of border-crossers. Drawing on Foucault’s concept of governmentality and Malabou’s analysis of the concept of plasticity, we argue that migrations are governed through “plastic borders” that are formed as direct responses to migrant mobilities, using the empirical example of the externalization of borders as an EU policy of migration management.

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Author Biography

Mojca Pajnik, Peace Institute, Faculty of Social Science

PhD in Communication Science, Scientific Advisor, Peace Institute, Metelkova 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana;
Associate Professor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Science, Kardeljeva pl. 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana

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Published

2019-02-03

How to Cite

Pajnik, M. (2019). Autonomy of Migration and the Governmentality of Plastic Borders. Two Homelands, (49). https://doi.org/10.3986/dd.v0i49.7257

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No. 49 (2019)

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Articles

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