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Alisse Waterston

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anthropologist; studies and writes on the human consequences of structural and systemic violence and inequity; resistance through scholarship and writing; Committed to writing anthropology otherwise

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hi all, please check out this new blog post on our site! Migration scholar Sofi Jansson-Keshavarz offers important information and analysis on what’s happening right now in Sweden concerning immigration & the dismantling of asylum.
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Migration Scholars Mobilize Network
By Sofi Jansson-Keshavarz Since June 2026, the Swedish government has enacted a series of draconian immigration reforms that have eradicated permanent residence permits for people granted internati...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tell Gov. Hochul: Public dollars belong in public schools, opt out of the voucher scam! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/NYrejec... via @momsrising.org #NewYork #education #youth&familyjustice
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Tell Gov. Hochul: Public dollars belong in public schools, opt out of the voucher scam!
Imagine if every art class, IEP service, and after-school program got the funding it deserved, instead of another billionaire tax loophole. That future depends on us. Tell Gov. Hochul: opt out of fede...
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Munich University will organise an Action Day, 16 June 2026, with discussion events, invited activists and a film screening on Rohingya refugees ("When the Water Horse Seeks a New Home", Andrianus „Oetjoe“ Merdhi, 2026).
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
As part of Refugee Week 2026, The University of Manchester is hosting an event on campus for staff and students: 📆18th June ⏰1 - 2pm 🔗 Sign up: The University of Manchester: A University of Sanctuary explored. – Fill in form [forms.office.com]
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Check out this insightful interview with migration studies pioneer Nina Glick Schiller 🎤 Nina is the visionary behind the Network. Nina is joined by Karina Quintanilha whose research examines how law, labour and inequality shape migrant lives across borders today 🌍
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Borders & Belonging
In Season 1, Maggie debunks some of the biggest myths about migration. We’re proud to say the work received a 2023 Silver Signal Award.
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Global Migration Institute @globalmigrationtmu.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
From feeling bright and at home in New York City to struggling to find her place in a suburban classroom at age five, migration studies pioneer Nina Glick-Schiller (University of Manchester, University of New Hampshire) reflects on how these early experiences shaped her path. 1/3 🧵
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Please check out this event!
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We invite you to co-sign an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Mark Carney opposing Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act. Our collective voice adds critical weight at a moment when the bill is before the Senate and can still be stopped or amended.
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Open Letter to the Rt. Hon. Mark Carney — Re: Bill C-12
Dear Prime Minister Carney, We write to you as international migration scholars and practitioners deeply concerned about Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act. We ar...
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
From Shahram Khosravi, an essay on the Network's blog page that originally appeared in "Cabinet Magazine," that is an essential read for our times: "Unmaking is never the end of the story. The will to remake again is not born outside defeat but inside it."  🔥💪🌍
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Migration Scholars Mobilize Network
By Shahram Khosravi Originally published in Cabinet Magazine . 2026. Issue 21 (July) https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/71/khosravi.php See original article for images that accompany the pi...
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
‼️Event announcement: Arizona State University is hosting a one day event titled ‘Immigration Enforcement, Resistance, and Narratives Through the Lens of Mixed-Status Families’. 📍W. P. Carey Foundation Armstrong Great Hall 📆April 9th ⏰9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Register here: tiny.cc/mixtedstatusapril9
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Immigration Enforcement, Resistance and Narratives through the lens of Mixed-status Families | Law Events
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Sign on to fight back for the fired six faculty at VSU: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
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Reinstate the Fired Six at VSU
On December 16, 2025, Dr. Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Dr. Adnan Beker Yousuf, Dr. Vitalis W. Temu, Dr. Maru K. Kering, Dr. Toktam Taghavi, and Dr. Molla Fentie Mengist were abruptly removed from Virginia Sta...
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🌍The Global Strategic Litigation Council: ⚖️The Council advances the rights of displaced communities through strategic litigation and advocacy. Our collective power enables forcibly displaced people to rebuild their lives with dignity and in safety. www.global-council.org
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Global Strategic Litigation Council
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
‼️Check out: Stuck in the Law: Migration, Paperwork and Absurdity in Milan, Italy": This compelling article by anthropologist Stefano Pontiggia describes the migratory experience of Merule, a Nigerian migrant whose situation uncovers specific paradoxical effects of the Italian migration regime.
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
💻Join us for this upcoming webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research Hosted by the ASA International Migration Section 📆Friday, February 6 at 2 PM EST / 11 AM PST NewSchool.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
@jenszalai.bsky.social I read your essay on Arendt & thought you’d like to see some pages of my 2020 graphic book with artist Charlotte Corden, “Light in Dark Times: The Human Search for Meaning,” a journey through knowledge, encountering Arendt among others! Glad to share more, if of interest.
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Detention Landscapes - an evidence based platform which profiles detention centres in Greece and Italy, in which migrants are being held and treated abhorrently. @borderviolence.bsky.social @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social
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Homepage • Detention Landscapes
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
A snapshot of just some of the 37 events which took place for our Global Teach In/Out. We would like to say a massive thank you to all of our organisers - without you, this would not have been possible. Your leadership, creativity and bravery to challenge harmful narratives has been awe-inspiring. ❤️
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Discover ‘Crossing Lines’, a powerful graphic anthology co-created by migration scholars and comics artists to explore topics such as displacement identity, and community. utppublishing.com/doi/preview-...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Today is the start of the global Teach-Ins/Outs from the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity & Resistance Network. Where in the world are the events? See the map!: @migrationscholars.bsky.social www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...
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Teach In Happening 11 NOVEMBER - Google My Maps
Add your project or event to our global map: https://forms.gle/cv8RDyprAVnj9W3i7 > We invite all scholars, activists, and community members working on migration topics to participate and help buildin...
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!
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Helen Schwenken @hschwenken.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Join the teach in/outs of @migrationscholars.bsky.social - Osnabrück/ Germany, 11 Nov, 16-18h, University, Counter the Production of Migration as Crisis! Share, discuss, think, act.
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Join us for this event as part of our Global Teach In/Out on November 11th. We have events happening across the globe, so keep an eye on our socials for one happening near you ✊
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Venice - join us for this discussion on border violence on Nov 11th as part of our Global Teach In/Out. ✊
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Sheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Join us for a full day of mobilisation at the University of Sheffield on 11/11/2025 from 11am to 4pm (no need to register) Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Bristol - we are delighted to bring this event to you, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative. Please refer to poster for all details! ✊
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Bern, Switzerland - we are delighted to bring this event to you, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative. Please refer to poster for all details! ✊
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
NYC - we are delighted to bring this event to you, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative. Please refer to poster for all details! ✊
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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11/11 Tillsammans mot Tidöregeringens migrationspolitik Migration Scholars in Global Solidarity
Event in Malmö, Sweden by Anna Lundberg and Vanna Nordling on Tuesday, November 11 2025
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The Global Teach-In/Teach-Out 2025: “Migration as a Social Good: We Stand with Migrants” 📅 When: 11 November 2025 
 ✨ Organizers — now’s the time to get involved!
Host your own Teach-In/Teach-Out and create space for open dialogue. 🔗 Register your event today: migrationscholarsmobilize.org/new-page
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Migration Scholars Mobilize Network
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Upcoming Event! - Australia As part of our Global Teach In/out initiative, The University of Wollongong, Australia will be hosting this event - Challenging Refugee Rights. 📆 November 11th 📍 UOW Campus Building 19.2072b or on Zoom - use the QR code in the poster to register.
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We are delighted to announce this event as part of our Global Teach In/Out on November 11th. See poster for all info ✊
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Please read this important and powerful letter by Hayal Akarsu the eloquent, committed president of European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA).Letter from the president easaonline.org/newsletter/8...
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Letter from the president
EASA President Hayal Akarsu addresses the membership
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This is what grassroots organizing looks like! How the working class people fight back as a class. Watch the Unión del Barrio in action in this clip; ‘A City Fights Back: How LA Defends Itself From ICE’. 🔗 youtu.be/e9lRq9nfevs?...
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
‘Why Wouldn't You?' - a short film created by the DCU Irish Refugee Integration Network and Sanctuary. It gives voice to the lived experiences of forcibly displaced people in Ireland and honours the everyday acts of welcome and justice happening across communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qDs...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
“Improvising Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Anthropological Perspectives,” new open-access article published in the Swedish Journal of Anthropology/ kritisk etnografi uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Signed and Joined: publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/petitions/pu...
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Public School Strong: Defend Against the Trump Administration’s Attacks
Public education is under attack. From attempts to defund public schools through voucher scams, to efforts aimed at censoring educators and whitewashing history, the Trump Administration and its allie...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Going. The least I can do. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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5051: National Day of Protest - Feb 17, #NotMyPresidentsDay · Mobilize
National Day of Protest Feb 5 was just the begining. Now we continue that momentum with a #NotMyPresidentsDay protest of the Trump-Musk coup. 50 protests, 50 states, one movement. Demand that Congre...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A small group working together to protect our public schools. Please see our "Know the Facts" with a QR code to "The Struggle for our Public Schools and Against the Charter Threat" report. See also our press release. Our story reflects the wider threats we all face. #SaveOurPublicSchools
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This: a wonderful late breaking session at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) conference. Featuring Dr. Marvin Dunn who embraces Praxis and shows a way to stand up to the forces of silencing in Florida. Thursday, November 21, 2:39-4pm at the Tampa Convention Center, Room 121.
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
My first post here: So excited for this panel and workshop with @fionamur.bsky.social and Maruska Svasek! Calling on anthropologists working on creative experimentation to consider proposing a paper for this panel (deadline 17 December). In Scotland!! June 2025!! nomadit.co.uk/conference/s...
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Meth02: Liberating ethnographic representations: creative experimentation, fragmentation and the freedom to unwrite
Ethnography strains under rigid words, losing life's flow. This panel explores “unwriting,” fragments, and creative methods to free narratives from form. Followed by the workshop "Meander, Spiral, Exp...
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