Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure

Paolo Novak

doi:10.46692/9781529234237

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Paolo Novak, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: September 2025
Print publication year:: 2025
Online ISBN:: 9781529234237
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529234237

Subjects:: Physical Anthropology, Sociology: General Interest, Anthropology, Sociology

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This book examines the buildings used as reception centres for asylum seekers in central Italy to reveal how they reflect the European migration crisis and EU border management. It highlights key debates on the EU border, including their logistical management, the profit-driven industry they create and their colonial implications.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Series Editors’ Preface
pp viii-ix

Acknowledgements
pp x-xii

Introduction
pp 1-15

1 - Buildings as Protagonists
pp 16-35

2 - The Place of Asylum Infrastructure
pp 36-60

3 - Provincializing Logistics
pp 61-83

4 - Destabilizing Coloniality
pp 84-109

5 - Placing Autonomy
pp 110-137

6 - The Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
pp 138-150

Notes
pp 151-155

References
pp 156-179

Index
pp 180-188

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