GRABS at the IMISCOE Annual Conference

Jane presented work from our GRABS project at the IMISCOE annual conference in Girona, 29 June – 3 July 2026 She presented papers in two panels: This panel session centred on applying an intersectional lens to researchers’ positionalities and reflexivity. It interrogated how this lens could be used as a methodological and ethical tool which…

“How far I go is not my choice”. Immobility, administrative violence and ontological insecurity amongst young people in situations of forced migration in South Africa

by Jane Freedman, Glenda Santana de Andrade, Tamaryn Crankshaw, Aron Tesfai, Yasmin Rajah, Juan-Manuel Moreno Abstract: Whilst migration has been characterised as a quest for mobility, our research in South Africa has shown how young people in situations of forced migration experience multiple forms of immobility both physical and social as different legal, political, economic…

Comics, Photos and Podcasts from K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada. Fieldwork visit report by Juan Manuel, July 2026

Comics, Photos and Podcasts from K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada. Fieldwork visit report by Juan Manuel, July 2026 My PhD fieldwork research is being carried out in K’jipuktuk, today also known as Halifax, which is part of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory where the Mi’kmaq Peoples have lived for over 11000 years. Today, K’jipuktuk-Halifax is the…