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3 - Waiting

from Part I - Libya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2023

Marthe Achtnich
Marthe Achtnich
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University of Cambridge
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Summary

Migrants’ journeys are often characterized by immobility and waiting. This chapter describes the experiences of migrants at a house in Libya as they prepare to take a boat to Europe. Furthering analyses of mobility economies, it brings economy into conversation with questions of time and immobility. The chapter reveals how a clandestine economy surrounding mobility intersects with intimate economies that reproduce the mobile body.

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ImmobilityJourneysTimeWaitingBodyMigrationMobilityLibyaMediterraneanEconomiesCapitalismAnthropologyEthnography
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Mobility Economies in Europe's Borderlands
Migrants' Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean
 , pp. 83 - 103
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Waiting
  • Marthe Achtnich, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Mobility Economies in Europe's Borderlands
  • Online publication: 12 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009310925.006
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  • Marthe Achtnich, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Mobility Economies in Europe's Borderlands
  • Online publication: 12 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009310925.006
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  • Waiting
  • Marthe Achtnich, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Mobility Economies in Europe's Borderlands
  • Online publication: 12 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009310925.006
Available formats
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