This blog was written by Simone Wilke as part of our ongoing blog series written by Radboud master students. In mid-April 2024, my colleagues from the local NGO WEAVE and I were driving through muddy paths and villages in the North-East of Thailand. Near the border of Myanmar, we would pass a gate guarded byContinue reading “The observer and the observed: conceptions of time and observation in field work”

By Giacomo Solano The Netherlands passed two major asylum laws just before the summer to get a tighter grip on migration. Other Western countries also want stricter policies and at the European level, many policy makers are also thinking along these lines. Against this backdrop, Salvo Nicolosi (Utrecht University) and RUNOMI member Giacomo Solano (RadboudContinue reading “Rethinking Refugee Policies: Admission and Integration as Two Sides of the Same Coin”

By Catherina Wilson What happens when music leaves Nigeria, travels across the Atlantic, and reaches Colombia, the US, and The Netherlands? How are rhythms, instruments and dance styles mediated, consumed and commodified in these different contexts? How does music change across borders and what can we learn about the AfroDiaspora through these changes? And howContinue reading “Reflections on the “Urban Cultures in the AfroDiaspora” Working Group”

By Noemi Mena Montes UNHCH tents in the Jordanian desert, Al Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan “My name is Aya, and I am 32 years old. I was born in southern Syria, near Daraa. My family worked in agriculture, and at 18, I married a local farmer. We lived a modest life, but we alwaysContinue reading “A Silent Exodus: Climate Change and the Crisis of Displacement”