Why and how should we research the deportation of foreigners? Epistemological, methodological and ethical issues in deportation studies

Conveners:

Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna (University of Wolverhampton) and Ibrahim Soysüren (University of Neuchâtel)

14:00-14:50 CEST (BST -1h, CDT -7h, TRT +1h) 03 September 2020 WebEx training session 

DAY 1 15:00 – 18:00 CEST (BST -1h, CDT -7h, TRT +1h) 03 September 2020

15:00 – 15:15 Welcome (Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna and Ibrahim Soysüren)

15:15 – 16:45 Session 1 Epistemologies of deportation studies, discussant Jukka Könönen

Maren Kirchhoff, Struggles over deportation as border struggles: Epistemological, methodological and ethical reflections on studying deportations

Peter Teunissen, Corridors of Expulsion: (post)colonial configurations of EUropean deportation regimes

Judith Altrogge, Post-return experiences in the Gambia and the role of return voluntariness – Reflecting some epistemological challenges

17:00 – 18:00 Session 2 Methodological choices in the study of deportations, discussant Ioana Vrabiescu

Jukka Könönen, The Absent Presence of the Deportation Apparatus: Methodological Challenges in the Production of Knowledge on Immigration Detention

Lisa Schuster and Abdul Ghafoor, Researching deportation to countries in conflict: When the impossible is imperative

DAY 2 10:00 – 16:15 CEST (BST -1h, CDT -7h, TRT +1h) 04 September 2020

10:00 – 11:30 Session 3 Session 3 Getting access to the field: Dealing with actors, discussant Aleksandra Galasińska

Laura Cleton, Legitimizing deportation through public storytelling. Reflections on acquiring access to the Dutch deportation regime

Aino Korvensyrjä, Ethnography of deferred deportation and the “knowledge situated in migration”: On epistemology, methodology and positionality

Lülüfer Körükmez, Deportation as a sensitive subject

11:45 – 13:15 Session 4 Getting access to the field: Ethical concerns, discussant Lisa Schuster

Nevena Nancheva, Studying the disempowered: ethical challenges in researching the field of EU nationals’ deportations in the context of Brexit

Ioana Vrabiescu, Authorization and Trust: The deadlock in conducting multi-sited research within the field of policing mobilities and borders

Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna, Gossiping deportations: Getting access to the field through el chisme in Mexico

13:15 – 14:15 Lunch break

14:15 – 15:15 Session 5 Methodological challenges in the study of deportations, discussant Nevena Nancheva

Nassim Majidi, Demographics and time: adapting deportation studies’ methodologies to men, women, children, and a global pandemic

Ibrahim Soysüren, Studying the deportation of foreigners comparatively: Challenges and epistemological vigilance as an opportunity

15:30 – 16:15 Closing session

Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna and Ibrahim Soysüren, Concluding remarks and next steps

 

This program may be subject to changes. Please check here regularly for the possible timetable alterations.

This workshop is a part of a research project ‘Brexit and Deportations: towards a comprehensive and transnational understanding of a new system targeting EU citizens — BRAD’ Nov. 2018 – Oct. 2020.