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Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies

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Redeker Hepner, T., Treiber, M. Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies. Sociologus, 71(2), 175-189. https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.2.175
Redeker Hepner, Tricia and Treiber, Magnus "Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies" Sociologus 71.2, 2022, 175-189. https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.2.175
Redeker Hepner, Tricia/Treiber, Magnus (2022): Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies, in: Sociologus, vol. 71, iss. 2, 175-189, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.2.175
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Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies

Redeker Hepner, Tricia | Treiber, Magnus

Sociologus, Vol. 71(2021), Iss. 2 : pp. 175–189 | First published online: December 01, 2022

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Tricia Redeker Hepner, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ.

Magnus Treiber, Institut für Ethnologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.

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  85. Hanna, A., Denton, E., Smart, A. & Smith-Loud, J. 2020. Towards a Critical Race Methodology in Algorithmic Fairness. Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT* ’20), January 27–30, 2020, Barcelona, Spain. New York: ACM.  Google Scholar
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  101. Reckinger, G. 2018. Bittere Orangen. Ein neues Gesicht der Sklaverei in Europa. Wuppertal: Peter-Hammer-Verlag.  Google Scholar
  102. Sahlins, M. 1972. Stone Age Economics. New York: Aldine.  Google Scholar
  103. Sinclair, U. [1911] 2020. The Machine. Drama.  Google Scholar
  104. Treiber, M. 2014. Grasping Kiflu’s Fear – Informality and Existentialism in Migration from North-East Africa. Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society, 1(2): 111–141.  Google Scholar
  105. Van Hear, N. & Sørensen, N. N. (eds.). 2003. The Migration-Development Nexus. Geneva: IOM, UN.  Google Scholar
  106. Virilio, Paul. 1995. La vitesse de libération. Essai. Paris: Galilée.  Google Scholar

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Tricia Redeker Hepner / Magnus Treiber: Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies 175
1. Introducing the Anti-Refugee Machine 175
2. Rethinking Machines and Migration Regimes 176
2.1 Why a Machine? 177
2.2 Rethinking Migration Terminologies 178
2.3 Historical and Geopolitical Contexts 179
2.4 Problems of Agency and Resistance 180
2.5 The Machine 182
3. Conclusion 186
References 186

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