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
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.