'A security built in the dark': operazione strade sicure and the productivity of ignorance.
Over the last thirty years, borders have become increasingly diversified: border controls no longer take place only at state borders, but also within state territories. This paper critically examines the Italian military operation 'Strade Sicure' as an example of urban bordering processes. Launched...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 51; no. 10; pp. 2611 - 2630 |
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May2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=185032017&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 185032017 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2025 vid: 51 iid: 10 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 185032017 10.1080/1369183X.2025.2461352 ppf: 2611 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 531KB tig: atl: 'A security built in the dark': operazione strade sicure and the productivity of ignorance. aug: au: Perkowski, Nina affil: University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany su: Border security Burglary protection Neighborhoods Culture Immigrants sug: subj: Border security Burglary protection Neighborhoods Culture Immigrants keyword: moral economies Operazione Strade Sicure urban borders urban security white ignorance ab: Over the last thirty years, borders have become increasingly diversified: border controls no longer take place only at state borders, but also within state territories. This paper critically examines the Italian military operation 'Strade Sicure' as an example of urban bordering processes. Launched in 2008 to address a 'perception of insecurity' among the Italian population, the operation has included controls of migrant reception centers and patrols in ethnically diverse neighborhoods. Based on an analysis of 442 articles published by the two largest Italian dailies, I apply Fassin's moral economy of migration as a lens to analyze the imaginaries, affects, and knowledges that underpin this military operation. I argue that the debates surrounding the operation reveal an imaginary of a white Italian nation at war with racialized 'Others' who threaten its security, identity, culture, and health. At the heart of this moral economy of migration is a widely unquestioned economy of fear. By problematizing this fear as entangled with white ignorance, this paper seeks to highlight the importance of critically engaging with how particular kinds of (non-)knowledge inform imaginaries of migration. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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