Introduction. Why a temporal approach to migrants’ collective action 1. Political biographies: tracing trajectories to political engagement 2. The dilemma of the past: assembling collective memory ‘from scratch’ 3. Political belonging beyond migration Conclusions
Biography
Angela Adami is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Scuola Normale Superiore. Her current research explores forms of resistance and protest around total institutions in times of democratic backsliding, with a specific focus on migrants’ detention. As a member of the Centre on Social Movement studies (COSMOS), she conducts research on social movements, migration, memory and biographical studies. Her research has been published in Italian and international scientific journals.
"While social science research has delved in-depth in the analysis of solidarity actions for migrant rights, studies about how migrants themselves mobilize are rare. Combining an original theoretical model with rich empirical evidences, this path-breaking analysis bridges social movement studies with critical approaches to migrations, contributing to the reflection on the temporal dimension in mobilization processes as visible in the biographical paths of the activists, the collective memories at the group level as well as the complex construction of collective identities."
Donatella della Porta, Full Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, and Director of the Centre on Social Movement Studies (COSMOS)
