The Nijmegen Centre for Border Research, University of Nijmegen (NCBR), The Dutch Institute for Morocco ( NIMAR ) and INSEA of the University of Rabat organise an international round-table expert meeting on the Borders of Migration in the liminal spaces of the EU-African borderlands
“Re-visiting Rabat: Reflecting on the politics of bordering migrants in the liminal spaces of the EU-African borderlands”
January 4-5, 2008, 2006
University of Rabat, Morocco
Full Programma
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4 January 2008
1) Theme: Narrating Borders and ''the invasion''
10.00h Guest Lecture: Dirk Godenau
Statements: Mohammed Boudoudou, Virginie Mamadouh, Xavier Ferrer, Ricard Zapata Barrero
Round-table discussion
13.00h Lunch at the University
2) Externalisation of the EU Frontier: Transit Camps as Spaces of Exception
14.30h Guest Lecture: Papa Demba Fall
Statements: Chiara Brambilla, Mehdi Lahlou, Nanda Oudejans,
Round-table discussion
3) Theme: Making Strangers, making Foes
Film and Round-Table Discussion
17.30h End of day one
Diner in town
5 january 2008
4) Theme: The Cat-and-Mouse Game between Border guards and Migrants. On digital and other real borders
10.00h Guest Lecture: Dr Dennis Broeders
Statements: Paolo de Mas, Natalia Ribas Mateos, Mohammed Charef
Discussion
1300h Lunch at the University
5) Theme: Visualising ''Cat-and-mouse'' migration tactics and policy strategies in films and documentaries
1430h Film and Discussion
6) Visions and Perspectives: How open can/should the border be?
15.30h Panel: Dirk Godenau, Lothar Smith, Mohamed Boudoubou
Discussion
17.00h Dissemination Discussion
17.30h Final Round-Table comments/statements/suggestions
Closure
Diner in town