Bordering and Governmentality Around the Greek Islands

Aila Spathopoulou is Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Geography at Durham University, UK. She is also co-coordinator of the Research Area ‘Mobility: Migration and Borders’ at the Feminist Autonomous Centre for Research (Athens). She holds a PhD in Geography from King's College London and has published her research in peer reviewed journals.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. From the scene of arrival onto the road: The ‘(mixed) flow’.- 3. From the Olive Grove onto the ferry: The ‘refugee volunteer’.- 4. From the relocation to the vulnerability route: The ‘deserving refugee’.- 5. From ‘self- detention’ to ‘self-deportation’: The underserving ‘economic migrant’.- 6. From humanitarian-bordering work to ‘incomplete’ translation: The ‘cultural mediator’.- 7. From to ‘integration’ to closed hotspots: The ‘migrant’.- 8. Conclusion.