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One of the hallmarks of colonization was transplantation of the European nation-state to the colonies in line with colonialism’s consideration of sedentarism as indispensable to its ‘civilization’ by domination mission. The structuring of space and belonging around the Eurocentric notion of nationhood and statehood became the vehicle through which populations in the colonized parts of the world were reconfigured as insiders and outsiders as well as legal and illegal among other designations. This chapter addresses the Eurocentric configuration of space around the nation-state, its reproduction in the colony and post-colony and the implications for contemporary global mobility. Building on Michel Foucault’s (1986) heterotopic spaces and Freerk Boedeltje’s (2012) discussion of the structuring of space around the ‘normal’/‘deviant’ binary, the chapter argues that this dichotomous dissection of space inscribes varied texts on mobile bodies and creates hierarchies that bestow varied identities and differential mobility opportunities on people who inhabit different spaces. The Eurocentric structuring of space construes mobility as anomalous and straining the hyphen in nation-state through its disruption of the order created around sedentarism and spatial demarcation of belonging. The chapter highlights how the nation-state attaches belonging to space in ways that restrain mobility particularly by ‘othered’ bodies from ‘deviant’ spaces. It illustrates its main argument by discussing the tethering of belonging to space exemplified by physical and legal barriers buttressed by securitizing discourses that seek to deter presumably transgressive mobilities’ ‘encroachment’ into spaces where they are ostensibly anomalous.

One of the hallmarks of colonization was transplantation of the European nation-state to the colonies in line with colonialism’s consideration of sedentarism as indispensable to its ‘civilization’ by domination mission. The structuring of space and belonging around the Eurocentric notion of nationhood and statehood became the vehicle through which populations in the colonized parts of the world were reconfigured as insiders and outsiders as well as legal and illegal among other designations. This chapter addresses the Eurocentric configuration of space around the nation-state, its reproduction in the colony and post-colony and the implications for contemporary global mobility. Building on Michel Foucault’s (1986) heterotopic spaces and Freerk Boedeltje’s (2012) discussion of the structuring of space around the ‘normal’/‘deviant’ binary, the chapter argues that this dichotomous dissection of space inscribes varied texts on mobile bodies and creates hierarchies that bestow varied identities and differential mobility opportunities on people who inhabit different spaces. The Eurocentric structuring of space construes mobility as anomalous and straining the hyphen in nation-state through its disruption of the order created around sedentarism and spatial demarcation of belonging. The chapter highlights how the nation-state attaches belonging to space in ways that restrain mobility particularly by ‘othered’ bodies from ‘deviant’ spaces. It illustrates its main argument by discussing the tethering of belonging to space exemplified by physical and legal barriers buttressed by securitizing discourses that seek to deter presumably transgressive mobilities’ ‘encroachment’ into spaces where they are ostensibly anomalous.

One of the hallmarks of colonization was transplantation of the European nation-state to the colonies in line with colonialism’s consideration of sedentarism as indispensable to its ‘civilization’ by domination mission. The structuring of space and belonging around the Eurocentric notion of nationhood and statehood became the vehicle through which populations in the colonized parts of the world were reconfigured as insiders and outsiders as well as legal and illegal among other designations. This chapter addresses the Eurocentric configuration of space around the nation-state, its reproduction in the colony and post-colony and the implications for contemporary global mobility. Building on Michel Foucault’s (1986) heterotopic spaces and Freerk Boedeltje’s (2012) discussion of the structuring of space around the ‘normal’/‘deviant’ binary, the chapter argues that this dichotomous dissection of space inscribes varied texts on mobile bodies and creates hierarchies that bestow varied identities and differential mobility opportunities on people who inhabit different spaces. The Eurocentric structuring of space construes mobility as anomalous and straining the hyphen in nation-state through its disruption of the order created around sedentarism and spatial demarcation of belonging. The chapter highlights how the nation-state attaches belonging to space in ways that restrain mobility particularly by ‘othered’ bodies from ‘deviant’ spaces. It illustrates its main argument by discussing the tethering of belonging to space exemplified by physical and legal barriers buttressed by securitizing discourses that seek to deter presumably transgressive mobilities’ ‘encroachment’ into spaces where they are ostensibly anomalous.

Les dirigeants européens tenteront d’afficher une position commune ce jeudi 12 février lors d’un sommet organisé dans un château en Belgique consacré à la relance de l’économie du bloc. Toutefois, même la Commission européenne semble avoir renoncé à réduire les divergences persistantes entre Paris et Berlin.

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Les « dossiers Epstein » sont une mine inépuisable. Ils ont remis en lumière un projet de recherche entre la Macédoine du Nord et l'université Columbia, dans les années 1990, impliquant l'envoi aux État-Unis d'échantillons de cerveaux humains.

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Les « dossiers Epstein » sont une mine inépuisable. Ils ont remis en lumière un projet de recherche entre la Macédoine du Nord et l'université Columbia, dans les années 1990, impliquant l'envoi aux État-Unis d'échantillons de cerveaux humains.

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Dans l'édition de jeudi, également : Alden Biesen, Huawei, Bill White, Breton, Australie

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Thursday 12 February

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Akın Gürlek, procureur général d'Istanbul, a été nommé ministre de la Justice. Une nomination qui inquiète l'opposition. Sous son mandat, de nombreux maires d'opposition, dont celui d'Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoğlu, ont été arrêtés.

- Le fil de l'Info / Turquie, Erdogan, Défense, police et justice, Politique, Courrier des Balkans

En cette fin de semaine, le temps change brutalement sur une grande partie du territoire national. L’Office national de la météorologie (ONM) maintient plusieurs bulletins […]

L’article Météo Algérie : vents violents et tempêtes de sable ce jeudi 12 février, plusieurs wilayas en alerte est apparu en premier sur .

Wer hat wie abgeschnitten? Hier findest du die Winterthur-Noten zur 0:3-Niederlage gegen den FCZ.

Wer hat wie abgeschnitten? Hier findest du die FCZ-Noten zum 3:0-Sieg gegen Winterthur.

Der FC St. Gallen schlägt YB mit 2:1. Wer hat dabei wie abgeschnitten? Hier gehts zu den Noten.

YB verliert gegen den FC St. Gallen 1:2. Wer hat dabei wie abgeschnitten? Hier gehts zu den Noten.

In Zusammenarbeit mit blue Sport präsentiert Blick die Highlights der Partie FC Zürich – FC Winterthur (3:0).

In Zusammenarbeit mit blue Sport präsentiert Blick die Highlights der Partie FC. St.Gallen – BSC Young Boys (2:1).

In Zusammenarbeit mit blue Sport präsentiert Blick die Highlights der Partie FC Lugano – Servette FC (1:1).

Franjo von Allmen gewinnt innert fünf Tagen drei Olympia-Goldmedaillen. Es spricht alles dafür, dass er auch in finanzieller Hinsicht der grosse Gewinner sein wird. Konkurrent Christof Innerhofer gibt Einblicke in die Finanzen eines Ski-Überfliegers.

Die NHL ist mit dabei, die Einsätze sind so hoch wie nie. Das Olympia-Turnier in Mailand ist ein Elchtest für Vize-Weltmeister Schweiz und Trainer Patrick Fischer.

Italienische Politiker schiessen nach der Brandkatastrophe von Crans-Montana gegen die Schweiz, währenddessen herrscht im Wallis Funkstille. Alt Ständerat Filippo Lombardi springt in die Bresche – und legt damit den Finger auf die auffällige Leerstelle.