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Location

 Faculty of Social Sciences 

University of Ljubljana

Kardeljeva ploscad 5, Ljubljana

 

onsite and online

 

Thursday, 5 June

09:15-09:45 Coffee 

09:45-10:15 Welcome
Welcome by COST Action Core Group

10:15-12:15 Open Panels I
WG1: Open Feedback Round Keyword Book Project (WG1 participants and Book Project authors)
WG2: Toolkit Workshop
WG3: Roundtable: Data Troubles of the EU’s New Pact of Migration and Asylum 

12:15-13:45 Lunch 

 

13:45-16:45 Open Panels II

WG1: WG-Internal Writing Session Editorial and Revision Keyword Book Project

WG2: Big Data and Society Special Issue discussion

WG3: Cases of Critical and Creative Engagements with Datafied Migration and Border Control

16:45-17:00 Coffee Break 

 

17:00-19:00 Seminar: “From Corridor to Tampon Zone: The Rebordering of the Balkans”

Speakers: 

Neža Kogovšek Šalamon, The Peace Institute

Aigul Hakimova, Kulturno Društvo Gmajna & Infokolpa

Žiga Divjak, Theater director

Uršula Lipovec Čebron, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Moderated by Mojca Pajnik and Barbara Beznec

Location: Gosposka Hall, Anton Melik Geographical Institute

Ten years after the ‘long summer of migration’, the European border regime in South-Eastern Europe has gradually been restored, while migratory movements continue in clandestinity and deep marginalization. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Balkans has been progressively integrated into the European border regime at varying speeds and intensities across different countries. After March 2016, the region’s role as a ‘tampon zone’ between the ‘core Europe’ and the ‘outside’ has intensified. Pushbacks have become normalized, walls, fences, and other ‘technical barriers’ proliferate. Humanitarian approaches are subordinated to security priorities, while solidarity is increasingly criminalised. Thousands along the Route are left without basic services or legal protection. Even upon reaching the EU, people on the move face difficulties and persistent insecurity. At the same time, solidarity initiatives continue to challenge the militarisation of borders and rising right-wing populism. In collaboration with people on the move, they form an alternative current of resistance and care. This seminar explores these dynamics through the lens of critical, decolonial epistemologies and practices, viewing the border as a contested and shifting space shaped by both violence and resistance.

 

20:00 Joint Dinner

Location: Gostilna Po vrbo, Ziherlova ulica 36

Friday, 6 June 2024

09:30-11:30 Cross cutting Working Groups

Part 1: Presentation of Work in Progress of the WGs (60 min)

WG1: Public Presentation and discussion Keyword Book Project

WG2: Preliminary ideas on the Training School ‘Mapping mobility’

WG3: Presenting Work in Progress

Part 2: World Cafe: Connecting and discussing across WGs (60 min) 

11:30-11:45 Farewell

11:45-13:00 Lunch Break

13:00-15:00 Management Committee Meeting 

Moderation and preparation: Action Chair and Core Group

Organizational team

 

Ljubljana team: 

The Peace Institute and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana

Prof. Dr. Mojca Pajnik ([email protected]; +386 41 515 682)

Dr. Barbara Beznec ([email protected]; +386 31 867 156)

Lori Šramel Čebular ([email protected]; +386 40 813 998)

WG 1: Alice Fill, Koen Leurs, Analisa Meloni, Veronika Nagy, Silvan Pollozek, Philipp Seuferling, Zuzana Uhde

WG 2:  Arely Cruz-Santiago, Vanessa Ugolini, Stevan Tatalovic, Ernesto Schwartz-Marin

WG 3: Nina Amelung, Kinan Alajak, Mojca Pajnik, Barbara Bedsted, Martin Bak Jørgensen, Brigitta Kuster