This podcast episode takes it point of departure in waiting as a prominent characteristic of both migration control and the migratory experience in Europe. Together with Prof. in anthropology, Shahram Khosravi, we explore the role of time and temporality in how states seek to regulate and control migration, and how one might understand, make sense of and convey knowledge about prolonged waiting both as mode of power and lived experience. Khosravi discusses how waiting is racialised, gendered and classed, and how waiting should be understood in terms of colonialism. He also reflects on the differentiated conditions of waiting under the COVID-pandemic.
Further readings:
Shahram Khosravi (ed.) Waiting – A Project in Conversation. Transcript Culture and Theory
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