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SUMMARY:(PRE)FIGURING FASCISM #1: Border Imperialism in the Balkans
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DESCRIPTION:It’s been a decade since the Balkan Route was declared “closed”
	 by the EU. What\nfollowed\, however\, has been a surge of investment: mor
	e funding for policing\,\nexpanded infrastructures of securitization\, and
	 a growing archipelago of\ndetention across the region. This talk traces h
	ow a once relatively open\ncorridor has been remade into a fragmented and 
	intensely controlled landscape of\nsurveillance\, confinement\, and expuls
	ion through alliances between EU\ninstitutions\, Balkan states\, internati
	onal organizations\, and commercial actors.\n\nDrawing on long-term engage
	ment\, the discussion examines what the EU’s new\ndeportation bill will me
	an for the region and people crossing it\, arguing that\nit will further e
	ntrench its role as a border guard in the EU’s evolving border\nregime.\n\
	n—————\n\nNidžara Ahmetašević is a journalist\, scholar\, and activist. Sh
	e is the author of\n“The Media as a Tool of International Intervention: Ho
	use of Cards“ (Routledge)\nand co-author of the report Repackaging Imperia
	lism: The EU-IOM border regime in\nthe Balkans. She lives and works in Sar
	ajevo.\n\nManja Petrovska is researcher at the University of Amsterdam and
	 co-author of\nthe of the study Repackaging Imperialism: The EU-IOM border
	 regime in the\nBalkans.\n\n—————-\n\n(Pre)Figuring Fascism is a series of
	 talks drawing attention to the continuities\nbetween liberal governance a
	nd fascism\, hoping to stimulate an understanding of\nfascism as it relate
	s to colonialism\, imperialism\, and capitalism – rather than\nviewing it 
	as a kind of shock to an otherwise well-working liberal system.\nBecause w
	e know: So long as the conditions for fascism’s emergence are not\novercom
	e\, we are always living in proto-fascist times.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/prefiguring-fascism-1-border-imperialis
	m-in-the-balkans
GEO:52.3691111;4.9018933
LOCATION:Het Fort van Sjakoo - Jodenbreestraat 24\, 1011 NK Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,capitalism,colonialism,discussion,nieuwmarkt/l
	astage,talk
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>It’s been a decade since the Balkan Route w
	as declared “closed” by the EU. What followed, however, has been a surge o
	f investment: more funding for policing, expanded infrastructures of secur
	itization, and a growing archipelago of detention across the region. This 
	talk traces how a once relatively open corridor has been remade into a fra
	gmented and intensely controlled landscape of surveillance, confinement, a
	nd expulsion through alliances between EU institutions, Balkan states, int
	ernational organizations, and commercial actors.</p> <p>Drawing on long-te
	rm engagement, the discussion examines what the EU’s new deportation bill 
	will mean for the region and people crossing it, arguing that it will furt
	her entrench its role as a border guard in the EU’s evolving border regime
	.</p> <p>—————</p> <p><strong>Nidžara Ahmetašević</strong> is a journalist
	, scholar, and activist. She is the author of <em>“The Media as a Tool of 
	International Intervention: House of Cards“ </em>(Routledge) and co-author
	 of the report <em>Repackaging Imperialism: The EU-IOM border regime in th
	e Balkans</em>. She lives and works in Sarajevo.</p> <p><strong>Manja Petr
	ovska</strong> is researcher at the University of Amsterdam and co-author 
	of the of the study <em>Repackaging Imperialism: The EU-IOM border regime 
	in the Balkans</em>.</p> <p>—————-</p> <p><em><strong>(Pre)Figuring Fascis
	m </strong>is a series of talks drawing attention to the continuities betw
	een liberal governance and fascism, hoping to stimulate an understanding o
	f fascism as it relates to colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism – rath
	er than viewing it as a kind of shock to an otherwise well-working liberal
	 system. Because we know: So long as the conditions for fascism’s emergenc
	e are not overcome, we are always living in proto-fascist times.</em></p>
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