Publications
Radicalisation: Le reflet sombre d'une société vulnérable Vrije Universiteit Brussel
‘Their lives are even more on hold now’: migrants’ experiences of waiting and immobility during the COVID-19 pandemic Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Several recent studies have examined experiences of waiting and spatial and temporal immobility among refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. This paper investigates recent migrants’ experiences of waiting and (spatial and temporal) immobility in the context of COVID-19 lockdowns, and against the background of pandemic isolation and boredom. It asks how public health measures affected ‘recently’ arrived migrants’ and how these ...
Editorial Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Between place and territory: Young people's emotional geographies of security and insecurity in Brussels' deprived areas Vrije Universiteit Brussel
While much of literature on place attachment describes it as an affective bond between a (young) person and place, with positive psychosocial consequences such as identification, rootedness and belonging, some authors are cautious and stress that an enhanced attachment to place, termed “territoriality”, may have negative consequences such as hostility towards outsiders and a sense of non-belonging elsewhere. In this paper, I ask how we should ...
Strategies and Tactics of Visibility Vrije Universiteit Brussel
“Being different together” in public space: young people, everyday cosmopolitanism and parochial atmospheres Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
This paper studies the phenomenon of ‘everyday cosmopolitanism’ based on fieldwork and interviews with young people in the public space of Brussels, conducted between 2013 and 2016. Although the open and positive inter-cultural practices observed in public space are echoed in the tolerant attitudes expressed by these youngsters, my research also revealed the existence of racist and ethnic stereotype. This begs the question about the ...