migrants Europe as Terraferma: against the criminalisation of solidarity In recent years the EU institutions and most member states have criminalised not only the illegal entry into the EU territory, but also citizens' human solidarity with irregular migrants ⋙
cinema The Repugnant Other: Reading Halliday in Hollywood Comparing vintage Hollywood myth-making with contemporary narratives on Islam. Let’s start with a little quiz for the analysts of jihad and radicalisation among our select readership. Where is this ⋙
biopolitics Timbuktu: Don't Kill It, Just Wear It Out! The desert, the ethnic mosaic, biopolitics and neo-patrimonialism on the screen. Presented at the Cannes Film Festival, the film Timbuktu by Abderrahmane Sissako offers fertile ground for a sharper understanding ⋙
borders Starting with the master Herzog’s cinema explores borders. Not only geographical borders. It’s an inside point-of-view searching for a chaotic outside. I think it’s impossible to start this column about crime, ⋙