Abstract
Associate Professor Ruben Andersson at Oxford University is a Swedish-born anthropologist with a background in journalism who has made his mark as an anthropological scholar specializing in international migration . In this chapter about ‘migrants , illegality and the bordering of Europe ’, which is based on e-mail correspondence with Sindre Bangstad conducted in September and November 2016, Andersson discusses his work on migration and the bordering of Europe as detailed in his 2014 monograph Illegality, Inc. (University of California Press). In this conversation, Andersson also brings his work’s potential for elucidating what in 2015 became known as a ‘European refugee crisis’ and its aftermath to the table. Andersson argues that contemporary attempts at ‘bordering Europe ’ on the part of European nation-states and the EU’s border controls agencies are and remain counterproductive.
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Andersson, R. (2017). In Conversation with Sindre Bangstad About Migrants, Illegality and the Bordering of Europe. Conducted via E-Mail Correspondence in September 2016.. In: Bangstad, S. (eds) Anthropology of Our Times. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53849-9_7
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