Radical Imagination on Migration in a Turbulent Era

Edited by Óscar García Agustín and Martin Bak Jørgensen, Department of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aalborg University, Denmark

‘With far-right anti-migration politics gaining momentum globally, this book makes the hopeful case for alternative political horizons. Examining political repertoires, alliance-building and place-making across different countries and cities, this book is a must read for all working towards a more democratic future based on inclusion, justice, and movement for all.’

• ContentsList of contributors vii1 Introduction to Radical Imagination on Migration in aTurbulent Era 1Óscar García Agustín and Martin Bak JørgensenPART I THE DISCURSIVE DIMENSION2 Framing cosmopolitanism: a social imaginary for anintersectional political community 15Óscar García Agustín3 Democracy in flames: migrations and Amazonian rainforest 29Giuseppe Cocco4 “I still can’t believe this place exists”: activism and hostilityin a deportation camp 41Paola Buconjic5 Realisable utopias in a turbulent era: positioning civil society 55Carl-Ulrik SchierupPART II THE ORGANISATIONAL DIMENSION6 Manteros’ voice and political imagination (or how fictionsustains anti-racist politics) 68Laura Menna7 Fellow minorities? Left-wing nationalism, refugee activism,and a detention camp in Wales 81Franz Bernhardt8 Shaping power dynamics and social imaginaries in volunteerefforts with Ukrainian refugees 93Ana María Macías GarcíaPART III THE SPATIAL DIMENSION9 Place-making through radical imaginaries 109Martin Bak Jørgensen10 Radical imaginaries of home and care through refugeesolidarity squatting 122Matina Kapsali11 Corridors of care: transnational solidarity and radicalhospitality in Ukraine and Poland 135Tomislav Pušić12 Reimagining the global landscape: radical imagination intimes of crisis; solidarity cities into perspective 149Mashudu SalifuAfterword on utopia and radical imaginaries 164Harald Bauder