Mandatory reading:

Chapters 1-2 in Pallister-Wilkins, Polly. 2022. Humanitarian Borders: Unequal Mobility and Saving Lives. London New York: Verso.

Optional reading:

Gerard, A., & Weber, L. (2019). ‘Humanitarian borderwork’: Identifying tensions between humanitarianism and securitization for government contracted NGOs working with adult and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Australia. Theoretical Criminology 23 (2), 266-285.

Seminar instruction

Welcome to the first of three seminars where we discuss Pallister-Wilkins' book Humanitarian Borders!

This three-hour session will divided into two parts. The first hour will contain an introduction to the book and to the politico-academic context it is embedded in. In the second part, we collectively discuss the first two chapters of the book. This discussion will take the form of a patchworking session and requires some preparation from y'all, specified below.

Patchworking is a method for collective knowledge production, which is intended to enhance a conversation between participants and the cultivation of a common 'knowledge base'. The exercise basically means that we all, for every intervention we make into the discussion, contribute with a 'patch' - a word, an image, a sentence, or a quote written down on paper. When we speak, we put our patches on the table between us, and this way build a common knowledge pool that guide our discussion (I/Annika will introduce my own patches during the first hour of the session). When others speak, we make more patches in reaction to them, which add to the discussion, and so on.

More instructions will follow at the seminar, but to prepare for the seminar, you should:

Read chapters 1 and 2 in Pallister-Wilkins' book
Make at least 2 patches relating to the chapters (it can be a quote you liked or disliked; a term or concept you found particularly interesting, or something you didn't understand; an example that caught your attention, or an event that it made you think of!).
Print or write the content of the patch down on a piece of paper (ideally in large text, but it does NOT have to look fancy!) and bring it to the seminar

I'll bring more papers, pens and post-its for our collective patchworking. Looking forward to seeing you there!

/Annika