I published an adapted reflection I did as a keynote speech at the international franco-british conference 'New perspectives on migration in Latin America'. I used the concept of encruzilhada to muddle binary categories of migration looking at the Darien Gap. conservancy.umn.edu/items/e55dc0...

I wrote something (in Portuguese) about why I don't buy Brazil's govt current slogan against Trump's interventions: that 'Brazil belongs to Brazilians'. More below: open.substack.com/pub/nataliac...

Quer saber mais sobre como os vistos Humanitarios foram historicamente desenvolvidos no Brasil? Dá uma olhada na linha do tempo que fizemos. Abaixo, no @nexojornal.bsky.social

Problem with my approach with Academia is that the rejections feel way more acutely than whatever wins I have, and for a time they feel meaningless in the face of the losses I have to face. I have had many losses and many wins, and have yet to learn to develop a new approach

Still coming to grips that no amount of AI can help me in a transcription of a 2h interview I just did here in my fieldwork in Tijuana that consisted of me and my interviewees speaking in both Spanish and French, and sometimes in Haitian Creole. Does anyone know of any solution?

Today I visited Centro32, such an amazing organisation providing support for migrants in Tijuana, particularly solo women, single moms, children/teenagers, and LGBT+ people.

Today I've been to the La Casita de la UT in Tijuana, a shelter for displaced trans women coming through, to and deported to Tijuana - and also a welcoming place offering amazing services (and activism) to the trans and/or sex worker community of the city. Thanks to Susana for the warm welcome

Anyone doing a database of Brazilians with US visas revoked or should I?

I closed 72 tabs today, created a reading list bookmark, and I feel 10kg lighter

In 2000, Africa had just 15 million phone lines. By 2025, over 615 million Africans will be online—more than Europe’s population. This isn’t public sector planning—it’s the private sector laying cables, launching satellites, and turning Africa into the world’s fastest-growing digital frontier.

If against all odds you made it in a system that discriminates against you, your job is to do your best to change it from the inside to become fairer, not to say I made it, so can you!

Care work is now closed to overseas recruitment. Will UK employers hire more international students instead? Little known fact: former international students are actually already a major source of recruitment in UK care, and this can in theory continue until 2028 (link to our analysis in reply)

'A 2021 study estimated that UK academics contribute $391 million worth of unpaid labour annually through peer reviewing alone. These non-cash contributions are essential to the functioning of the scholarly publishing system yet are often overlooked in discussions about cost and value.'

Overheard a conversation today in England and a woman said: 'i will never take the kids to the middle of the jungle in bloody south america'. So here are examples of me in the middle of the jungle in 3 diff countries in bloody south America:

Forgotten Indigenous child slaves of "New France" in Canada have been revealed in new studies. Current estimates are that there were up to 10,000 enslaved people in the New France colony. archaeologymag.com/2025/07/forg...

Me, my writing projects, my hobbies, my work commitments, & my poor time management skills.

My conspiracy theory is that pigeons have worked for humans for centuries and developed close proximity with us and our way of life but have been abandoned by us with the development of military and communications technology - and are now reduced as dirty disease carrier urban birds

Venezuelans are returned from El Salvador and suddenly I see a thousand experts in their situation making the most varied statements. Coincidentally, none of these novel experts are Latin Americans nor do they cite, reference, quote, Latin Americans who have studied and published on the situation.

The issue with non refoulement and Venezuela is causing confusion online because 1) people don't understand nor have an interest in how asylum works in Latin America (spoiler alert: it's not the same as US/EU!); 2) Venezuelans are refugees and might have not suffered persecution

🎉 What an incredible year for CPE! We hosted some of the best scholars in political ethnography, launched new series, and ended with our first-ever CPE workshop. Here’s a look back at 2024—and what’s coming next! 🧵

🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky

I think these convos go in the right direction, but as long as this *really* translates to hiring committees - i.e. Giving preference to quality over quantity in cvs - every junior academic will do what they can to publish as much as they can, even if this compromises a bit of quality

Me: not even 1% nationalistic Also me: omg a gigantic Havaianas in the middle of Cornwall I wonder how much it'd be to bring it to my flat also can you please take a picture of us both thank you

Somebody pinch me cause I am in the same photo as @pinheiromachado.bsky.social ! What an honour to have welcomed you at Southampton - come back soon!

This is tomorrow already! Are you around and want to be indoors to avoid the sun while listening to what promises to be an incredible lecture? Come and hear Rosana speak!

We’re so excited for our first CPE Workshop this July! @cintranatalia.bsky.social has brought together an amazing group of participants from across disciplines for a rich day of discussing the ethnography of politics around the globe.

Can't wait for this to happen and to listen to Rosana's keynote! Are you around? If so, this is unmissable!

Register here to save your spot (places are limited): 🔗 www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...

We’re excited to share that our co-director @marianaborges.bsky.social will be delivering an in-person Political Ethnography methods course this September, in partnership with @ncrm.ac.uk The course offers hands-on activities and a deep dive into what makes a good ethnography in political research.

Here's how you get your chocolate: you buy it. Here's how I get mine: I become friends with someone that makes them, then bring them organic cacao from Latin America (this one from ElSalva) and they turn it into chocolate (this one with fresh allotment raspberries - and a Portuguese name!)

One of the most interesting finds of Reghid relates to this as women's self perception of health would alter (be worse) if they didn't have their families with them See the key findings at: nascernobrasil.ensp.fiocruz.br/wp-content/u... @piariggirozzi.bsky.social

I have a piece that is half poetic half academic with around 5,000 words that doesn't seem to fit any journal. About the Darien. Id need to readjust it a lot and make it either more poetic or more academic to do so, and I like the in between of the piece. Where would you recommend I pitch this to?

This essay has two parts. One personal, the other more political. Both are intertwined & discuss migrants' linguistic experiences of unbelonging and the unequal power relations that underpin this linguistic out-of-place-ness. open.substack.com/pub/nataliac...

a bit of work and a bit of play in El Salvador. Gracias a la Federación Luterana Mundial por la bienvenida y la oportunidad de realizar una investigación tan interesante sobre las nuevas dinámicas migratorias de la región. Ojalá podamos trabajar juntos más veces 🙏

⚠️ New paper out! We examine the governance of humanitarian protection, and argue for a shift toward gender-transformative protection—one that centres dignity, autonomy, and women's political agency. Published OA on Migration Studies. See more below 👇 academic.oup.com/migration/ar...

Last day for submissions people!

This month we had the field visit of the BR HUMANVISA team, (with Svetlana Ruseishvili and @cintranatalia.bsky.social) our ESRC-funded project. We visited partners and organised a forum to discuss humanitarian visas from a comparative perspective. More info here: sites.google.com/view/humanvi...

Reminder that our Cfp is still open!

Anyone out there with a spare ticket for the concert of ca7riel & paco amoroso in London in June? Alguien con un ticket que no va a usar pa'l concierto de Ca7riel&Paco amoroso en Londres? Aquí se encuentra una latina desesperada!! Porfis

A bit of an issue with or registration link, but it's been sorted! See below for more info. Also, can't wait to receive @pinheiromachado.bsky.social at Southampton for a keynote in the workshop!

🗓️🔔 CfP for CPE's upcoming workshop on "Doing Ethnography in Political Contexts or Doing Politics via Ethnography?" July 2nd! If you want feedback on working papers&projects, and use qualitative methodologies, this workshop is for you. Some bursaries are available. Please share! More info below:

Very interesting fellowship for UK-based artists (such as a photographer, filmmaker or content-creator) to explore the British Library’s collections of photographic material of and from Latin-America and the Caribbean! See more below blogs.bl.uk/americas/202...

Our funding pool is still open to PhDs, ECRs, and/orTeaching Fellows that are researching gender & inequalities at @unisouthampton.bsky.social ! Please do get in touch. More info in the post below and here: www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...

So happy to finally announce our CPE BlueSky account! Please, follow us to know our activities, courses, lectures, workshops, coming forward as we slowly move from the other network to this one. You can find more info on the CPE in our page: www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...

Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.

Are you an ECR or PhD student/candidate and wish to further study methodology this summer? Come join us in this FREE summer school with bursaries available for travel and accommodation! More info below 👇

Have you had a chance to read it? If not, here's your reminder to think about racism and visas:

Join us in Sheffield on 13/05/2025 for an interesting discussion on #safepassage and #humanitarian visas :) The event is part of our (together with @cintranatalia.bsky.social and Svetlana Ruseishvili) ESRC-funded project on Humanitarian Visas Policy in Brazil

Out now! ⚠️⚠️ Together with @patnabuco.bsky.social we ask whether we can consider visas, and particularly humanitarian visas, part of an everyday and racialised externalisation policy in south-south migration corridors, focusing on Brazil. Open access below www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Some reflections from my new ESRC funded project with the amazing @cintranatalia.bsky.social at the Migration Research Group @sheffielduni.bsky.social