On board the quarantine-ship as “floating hotspot”: Creeping externalization practices in the Mediterranean Sea
Ethnography
; : 14661381221100532, 2022.
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in English
| Sage | ID: covidwho-1862022
ABSTRACT
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, migration was framed in Italy as ?the emergency within the emergency?, leading the Italian Government to declare that its ports were not ??safe places? for people rescued from boats flying a foreign flag to disembark.? As a result, under this guise of health and safety, in Italy migrants are now held in cruise ships repurposed as quarantine-ships for their sanitary isolation. We take this space as our analytic lens and draw on the experiences of the Elena Giacomelli whilst working as a caseworker for a humanitarian organization on board. In our analysis of the interactions of those working on board and the social relations produced therein, we unravel how these ships function as a form of Goffman?s totalitarian institution, where bio-political techniques are adopted that act on the body and mind of all on board, limiting access to asylum and functioning as a form of externalisation.
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English
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Ethnography
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2022
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