Author Archives: arijerrems

Australian Critical Border Studies – October 2023 Virtual Symposium What kinds of atmospheres do borders produce? What kinds of borders do atmospheres produce?  Recent scholarship on borders has focused on abstract and conceptual implications of bordering practices and explored notions such as thresholds, tensions, im/mobilities, and multispecies concerns. Discussions have demonstrated the affective power ofContinue reading “ATMOSPHERIC BORDERS”

Below is a recording of our seminar held on 9 November 2022

We are pleased to announce that Dallas Rogers (University of Sydney) will present his ongoing work “Water as a bordering technology: Understanding the British Crown claim beyond Methodological Nationalism and Atlanticism” at the next ACBS network seminar on Wednesday the 4th of May 2022 at 5pm (AET). A discussant (to be announced) will provide brief commentaryContinue reading “ACBS Network Seminar Series – Dallas Rogers, ‘Water as a bordering technology’ Wed 4th May 5pm AET”

This four-day writing retreat at Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island June 2-June 5, 2022) seeks to gather scholars who are working on issues that interrogate the relationship between the state and the refugee/asylum-seeker/migrant through an exploration of humanitarian (local or transnational) discourses and practices. Papers can include a number of methodologies and geographical sites from around theContinue reading “Critical Humanitarianisms: Neoliberal Entanglements with the State“

Following a successful meeting to propose a Political Geography study group within the IAG, as well as a vibrant panel discussion with political geographers across Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand, and several political geography sessions spanning two days at the annual conference, we are keen to continue the momentum towards submitting a proposal for a studyContinue reading “Establishment of a Political Geography Study Group with the Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG)”