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Siobhán McGuirk

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Book: ‘Asylum for Sale’

An "explosive new volume" that asks: How are pathways to asylum shaped by neoliberal capitalism? And how are people resisting profit-making structures within the asylum industry?

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Journalism, LGBTQ+, Long Read

Essay: How trans rights activists changed Argentina

As trans people face mounting attacks from every angle, Argentina’s history of trans-inclusive feminist liberation has lessons for the UK left. A long read co-authored with Alessandra Viggiano.

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022abortion, Argentina, lgbt, politics, protest, self-id, trans, travesti, UK
migration, Presentations + Talks, Research

Paper: The Cruel Optimism of Migration Theatre

Video recording of my paper, 'Spectres, Spectacles and the Cruel Optimism of The Walk' presented at the April 2022 conference, 'Bodies on the Edge: Life and Death in Migration'

May 2, 2022July 14, 2022conferences, crossings, Cruel Optimism, fortress europe, Little Amal, migration, Siobhan McGuirk, The Walk
Journalism, migration, Publications

Op Ed: Rwanda, rhetoric and a government march to the far-right

Article for The New Arab situating UK plans to deport people seeking asylum in histories of colonialism, nationalism and Conservative Party embrace of far right policy and rhetoric

April 28, 2022July 16, 2022asylum, colonialism, deportation, detention, immigration, Nationality and Borders Bill, Priti Patel, Rwanda plan, UK
Film, GlobalGRACE, Poems, Publications

Publication/Film: “Motion.Stop.”

Article and video poem published in entanglements journal, using creative practices to explore affective relationships formed through collaborative research.

December 21, 2021July 14, 2022affect, collaboration, connections, ethnography, film, GlobalGRACE, lockdown, methods, pandemic, poem, Research
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Talk: Beyond Borders

Watch 'Beyond Borders: Dismantling the Hostile Environment' – a conversation between Siobhán McGuirk, Leah Cowan and Noor Hemani at the 2021 Edinburgh Radical Book Fair

November 15, 2021December 6, 2021
Podcasts, Research

Podcast: Interviewed by Left/Over

A conversation about migration, borders, capitalism, the problem with 'inefficiency' – and why we should all be abolitionists

June 14, 2021November 2, 2021Home Office, immigration, politics, Priti Patel, refugees, turnback, UK

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Lecturer in Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London.

Researching gender & sexuality, migration, social justice activism, and sensorial / creative research methods.

Editor and columnist for Red Pepper magazine.

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New Book: Asylum for Sale

 

How are pathways to asylum shaped by neoliberal capitalism? And how are people resisting profit-making structures within the asylum industry?

“An unparalleled resource” – Naomi Klein, author

Available at: PM Press UK (Europe/Africa) PM Press US (Americas/Asia)

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