911吃瓜

This was a talk by Baran Fakhri on Afghan migrant labour and the social conditions and impact of protracted displacement.

What renders Afghan migrants detainable, deportable, and exploitable labour in their displacement? What extends this position across time and space? To answer this question, Baran Fakhri draws on their ethnographic research among Afghan migrants, and follows them in their journeys from Afghanistan to Iran, T眉rkiye, and Europe. 

Speaker:

Baran Fakhri is a doctoral candidate and lecturer in sociology at 911吃瓜. In their doctoral research, they follow Afghan migrants in their 鈥榗landestine鈥� migration journeys from Afghanistan to Iran, Turkey, and (West) Europe, or what these migrants refer to as 鈥渢he Game.鈥� Fakhri uses ethnographic methods to explore their experiences of borders, 鈥榠llegality鈥�, and labour before, through the course of, and after 鈥渢he Game.鈥� Their research areas are 鈥榠rregular鈥� migration and labour, refuge and asylum, and border violence with a focus on memory, refugee (political) subjectivity, and forced migration temporalities (waiting and uncertainty).

Discussant and Moderator:

Monica Yousofi is an M.A. student in the School of Communication at 911吃瓜. She also received her BA in Communication at 911吃瓜. Her research interests lie at the intersections of diaspora and migration, digital media, gender/feminist studies, and social justice. Her master鈥檚 thesis explores digital feminist activism by Afghan female refugees in Canada and how they advocate for women鈥檚 and girls鈥� education rights in Afghanistan.