1st Edition
Anthropology and Immigration Detention Work in Sweden Being an Outsider Inside the Fence
By Aina Backman
Copyright 2026
286 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
286 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book offers an anthropological inquiry into the labor underpinning immigration detention in Sweden, examining the daily practices, institutional efforts, and forms of knowledge production that sustain the detention regime.
Drawing upon fieldwork involving time spent with detention workers while wearing a uniform, the author offers a rare, immersive perspective, providing insights from... Read more
1. Introduction; 2. Entering and Getting to Work; 3. Immigration Detention and Work Theorized; 4. Managing Presence; 5. Detention Relations; 6. Training; 7. Bureaucrazy; 8. Detention Through the Optics of Technology; 9. Conclusion: Technology and the Anthropology of Detention.
Biography
Aina Backman is a researcher and teacher at Stockholm University. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.
