Border Regimes, Racialisation Processes and Resistance in Germany: An Ethnographic Study of Protest and Solidarity (Hardcover, 2020)

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 The Refugee Movement 2012-

1.2 The Formation of Activist, Solidarity and Cultural Groups 

1.3 Aims of the Book

1.4 Contentious Politics, Solidarity, Volunteerism and Humanitarianism

1.5 Coming to Berlin and Doing Ethnography 

1.6 Organisation of the Book

Chapter 2 The Racialization of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in the Everyday in the German State.

2.1 Introduction

      2.2 Institutional and Everyday Racism at Refugee Camps and Reception Centres in Germany.

       2.3 Camps, State Power and Institutional Racism

      2.4 Racialization and Racist Violence

     2.5 Migration and Populist Racist Mobilisation

     2.6 Living with Deportability and Detainability

    2.7  Concluding Comments

Chapter 3 Heterogeneity and Dynamics of Tent Protests and Squatting: The Refugee Movement at Oranienplatz

3.1 The Refugee Protests, 2012-2014

3.2 Oranienplatz as a Site of Anti-Racist Protests

3.3 Heterogeneous Struggles at Oranienplatz

      3.4 Diversity of Demands by Refugee Groups

3.5 The Formation of Activist, Solidarity and Cultural Groups

Chapter 4 Practical Solidarity, Encounters and Transformative Possibilities: A Case Study.

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Anti-Racist Politics versus ‘Charity’

4.3 Political Networking

4.4 Working Structure of Schlafplatzorga

4.5 Networking with Solidarians

4.6 Hospitality and Hosting Refugees

4.8 Solidarity Events and Sociality

4.8.1 Solidarity Parties

4.8.2 The Techno-Festival

4.8.3 Solidarity at Demonstrations

4.8.4 The Kufas

4.9 Concluding Comments

Chapter 5: Intersectional Feminist Solidarity and Activism amongst Refugees and Migrants at International Women’s Space 

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The Political Culture at IWS

5.3 Funding Matters at IWS 

                          5.4 IWS and Meeting Spaces

5.5 The Women at IWS

  5.6 Meetings at IWS

5.7 Lawyers’ Workshops at IWS

          5.8 ‘Giving Voice’ and Narratives of Intersectional Experiences 

          5.9 Book Launches and Networking

        5.10 The Conference as a Collective Gathering

                   5.11   IWS and Advocacy for a Roma Woman

                  5.12 Street Protests, Speeches and Alliances   

      5.13  Concluding Comments

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Participating on the Radio

        6.4 The Beginning of Wearebornfree Empowerment Radio Project

6.5 Emancipation, Decoloniality and Humanity on the Radio

6.6 Wearebornfree Empowerment Radio and Sovereignty 

                        6.7  We!R Radio’s Shows

6.3.1 The Format, Content and the Intended Audience

6.3.2 Music on Wearebornfree Radio

6.3.3 Mediating Rastafari Culture and Resisting the Babylon System on the Radio 

6.3.4 The Polizei, Deportability and Anti-racist Activism

6.3.5 Expressions Of Solidarity on International Women’s Day 

6.3.6 Encounters with Artists, Alliance building and working with the ‘Left’

6.4 Concluding Comments

Chapter 7: Conclusion: Reconsidering Activism and Solidarity

7.1 Political Ideologies and Activism and Solidarity

7.2 Solidarity and Activism as an Extension of Refugee Protests

7.3 Political Activism, Practical Solidarity and Humanity 

7.4 Impact of Refugee Mobilisation and Solidarity Work