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Abstract
This paper offers a novel analytical framework to enhance understanding of freedom of information (foi) in borders and migration studies. Drawing on scholarship in science and technology studies which understands scientific activity in terms of ‘knowledge-control regimes’ (Hilgartner 2017), our first section proposes four analytics. These are: a focus on the constitutive power of interactions; a principle of symmetry when it comes to studying what and how things are concealed and how they are made public; a concern with the mediating role of devices and infrastructures; and attention to the cultural as well as legal regimes which shape the conduct and identity of the actors who populate a given field of information control. The second part puts these analytics to work in the study of a particular area of immigration enforcement: the UK’s use of charter flights as a political, logistical and symbolic practice that shapes its deportation operations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 189-210 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Political Anthropological Research on International Social Sciences (PARISS) |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Jan 2025 |
Research Groups and Themes
- ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
Keywords
- Freedom of information
- knowledge-control regimes
- science and technology studies
- borders and migration
- deportation
- methodology
- secrecy
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CenSoF: ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures
Halford, S. (Principal Investigator), Southerton, D. (Co-Investigator), Manchester, H. (Co-Investigator), Evans, D. M. (Co-Investigator), Watson, D. L. (Co-Investigator), Anderson, B. (Co-Investigator), Cater, K. F. (Co-Investigator), Carver, N. (Co-Investigator), Clarke, P. H. (Co-Investigator), Dermott, E. (Co-Investigator), Facer, K. (Co-Investigator), Hauert, S. (Co-Investigator), Liu, W. (Co-Investigator), Liveley, G. (Co-Investigator), McQuillan, D. (Co-Investigator), O'Kane, A. A. (Co-Investigator), Owen, R. (Co-Investigator), Parker, M. (Co-Investigator), Preist, C. W. (Co-Investigator), Schien, D. (Co-Investigator), Sriprakash, A. (Co-Investigator), Milivojevic, S. (Co-Investigator), Hussain, R. (Co-Investigator), Gutierrez Lopez, M. (Researcher), Cheilan, L. (Researcher), Thomas, L. M. (Researcher), Van Isacker, T. (Researcher), Valladares Celis, C. (Researcher), Atkins, E. (Student), Knight, E. W. (Student), Pykett, J. (Co-Investigator), Pitts, H. (Co-Investigator), Williamson, B. (Co-Investigator), Lagedamont, M. (Co-Investigator), Dowse, M. (Researcher), Brand, J. F. (Student), James, R. (Student), Okafo, D. (Student), Horsley, N. (Researcher), Jansen, A. H. (Administrator), Stevenson, T. P. (Other ), Hill, J. M. (Manager), Abu-Aisheh, R. (Researcher), Bo, H. (Researcher), Hemming, R. (Researcher), Huang, L. (Researcher) & Ward, K. J. (Other )
1/05/22 → 30/04/27
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