Borders are constantly in the making and provides a lens through which to examine the transformations of capitalism. In particular, the struggles over borders and migration, as well as the reproduction of migratory labour, form a central node in contemporary labour struggles always entangled with the lived experiences of racialisation, gender and class.
Approaches to capitalism beyond a strict economic demarcation, require a serious engagement with the ‘fleshy, messy, and indeterminate stuff of everyday life’ as Cindy Katz once described social reproduction. Social reproduction becomes pronounced in the increasingly extractive forms of capitalism and opens up as an important arena of social struggle, not least amidst ongoing border closures and military operations. The conversation draws on the discussants’ social research and investment in ongoing struggles to reflect on the current conjuncture of capital and power in the intersection of borders, social reproduction and extractivism.
The discussion starts at 18.30
Speakers:
Sandro Mezzadra’s recent work has centered on the relations between globalization, migration and capitalism, on contemporary capitalism as well as on postcolonial criticism. He participates in the ‘post-workerist’ debates being one of the founders of the website www.euronomade.info, and work as a Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Bologna.
Daria Krivonos is a researcher at the University of Helsinki, whose work deals with questions of racial capitalism, migration, and social reproduction focusing especially on postsocialism. She is involved in social projects and organising around migration and free movement.
Olivia Maury is involved in social projects on the intertwined topics of the border regime, migration and the gig economy, feminist thought and life in common. She works as a sociologist at the University of Helsinki and sits on the board of the Finnish Researchers’ Association (Tutkijaliitto).
The event is preceded by a Public lecture with Prof. Sandro Mezzadra 18.10.2024: A Conjuncture of War. Capital and Power in a Multipolar World at the University of Helsinki at 14-16.
Accessibility info / esteellisyystiedot
When entering Lymy through the front door, there are five steps leading downwards into the space. The front door is 79 cm wide. There are three steps up to the bathroom. The door to the bathroom is 64 cm wide. When passing the kitchen door there is a single three cm high step.
Lymyyn käydään sisään katutasosta alas viittä porrasta pitkin. Ulko-ovi on 79 cm leveä. Pieneen kylpyhuoneeseen noustaan kolmea porrasta pitkin. Kylpyhuoneen ovi on 64 cm leveä. Keittiön oven kohdalla on kolme cm korkea kynnys.
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