Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure

Novak, Paolo

Abstract

This book offers a fresh perspective on the European migration crisis, chronicling its everyday realities in a central Italian province. Through vivid ethnographic accounts, it reveals how the forces and relations animating this crisis are reproduced and transformed in the rooms of ordinary buildings converted into shelters for asylum seekers.

Drawing on postcolonial and feminist approaches, the author explores the intersection of global and local histories, migrant stories and bordering processes, providing a timely lens for understanding migration today.

This is an invaluable contribution to debates on EU borders, including their logistical management, their coloniality and the autonomous force of migration that subverts them.

Citation

Novak, P. (2025). Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure. Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.18323803

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: Jun 18, 2025
• Deposit Date: Jan 6, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 18, 2025
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: Global Migration and Social Change
• ISBN: 9781529234220
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.18323803
• Publisher URL: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/buildings-of-refuge-and-the-postcoloniality-of-asylum-infrastructure
• Related Public URLs: https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.18323803