Discourses, narratives and counter narratives on irregular migration

Opportunities for authorized mobility have shrunk (Dauvergne, 2009), which means that certain migrants and some forms of mobility find themselves increasingly irregularised. Directly and indirectly, e.g., by setting the conditions of public debate and thus informing political and policy-making processes, discourse plays a crucial role in this development. By investigating irregularisation, interalia, through discourse/discursive practices, i.e., the discursive production and construction of irregularity imposed on migrants and racialized communities, this webinar sheds light on the spectrum of irregularity in contemporary Europe providing three country cases: Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. Our analysis strikes a balance between large-scale, quantitative analyses of text corpora, selected or compiled to represent a particular social field (e.g., media discourse, policymaking) (Baker et al. 2008; Rheindorf 2019; Vollmer 2021) and in-depth, qualitative analyses of key texts.

This webinar is organised as part of a new webinar series jointly organised by a group of Horizon Europe projects focusing on irregular migration in Europe as well as return and readmission policies.

Speakers:

• Markus Rheindorf (Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz)
• Giulia Garofalo Geymonat (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
• Minke Hajer (University of Utrecht)

Discussant:

• Albert Kraler (University for Continuing Education, Krems)

Moderated by: Bastian Vollmer (Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz)

Date: Wednesday 4 December 2024, 13:00-14:15 CET

Event link: https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/84753480003 (Meeting ID: 847 5348 0003)