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In recent decades, emerging challenges such as increased digitalization of social lives and the ongoing processes of border externalization and internalization, have prompted scholars and civil societies to question the ways in which people view, frame and experience migration and draw attention to emerging forms of resistance and mobility justice. This timely Encyclopedia engages with critical epistemologies and practices to provide a comprehensive examination of the field of global migration, activism and cultural production.

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Migration addresses international migration, analyzing emerging concepts such as theories and forms of migration, mobilities in action, and artivism in migratory contexts. Featuring case studies from across the globe, the entries examine the full range of key concepts and theories associated with this dynamic field, shaping a definitive reference work on human mobility, activism, and artistic practices.

Scholars and students of social sciences, cultural studies, and the arts, policymakers and activists will find this Encyclopedia to be an invaluable resource with enriching tools for teaching, learning and experimenting in a world on the move.

Key Features:

• Written by a diverse group of experts ranging from artists and curators to activists and academics
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• 195 entries presenting a full range of themes associated with the study of migration, the arts, and activism in a globalized world
• Addresses prominent issues within the topic of migration such as new forms of racism, plural modes of inequalities and mobility injustice