Replay of torture across ‘Other’ places and ‘Europe’: the case of migration at the Bosnian-Croatian border

Augustová, K. (2023) Replay of torture across ‘Other’ places and ‘Europe’: the case of migration at the Bosnian-Croatian border. In: Perocco, F. (ed.) Migration and Torture in Today’s World. Venice University Press, pp. 139-160. ISBN 9788869696367 (doi: 10.30687/978-88-6969-635-0/006)

Abstract

This chapter explores whether and how refugees’ past experiences of torture at home interconnect with extreme violence at borders and impact migration journeys. To do so, it draws upon eight months of ethnographic fieldwork at the Bosnian-Croatian border, which includes sixty-eight interviews. The chapter suggests that racialisation and ‘othering’ of people makes torture a fluid practice that migrates across globalised borders, despite their institutional format remaining unchanged. By shedding light on complex relational patterns of torture in migration, the text contributes to the literature on torture, racial studies and critical migration and border studies.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Additional Information: eISBN: 9788869696350
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Benghellab, Dr Karolina
• Authors: Augustová, K.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Journal Name: Migration and Torture in Today’s World
• Publisher: Venice University Press
• ISBN: 9788869696367
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 Augustová
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons license

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