Irene Quadrelli
Thesis title: Reporting Violence at the Border: Activism, investigative journalism and epistemic violence in narratives on migration
The project, in partnership with grassroots NGO No Name Kitchen, investigates the politics of knowledge production on border violence in Southeast Europe. Over the past near-decade, activists and investigative journalists have been involved in extensive efforts to denounce pushbacks and other forms of border violence perpetrated at the EU’s Southeastern borders. Focusing on the countries of Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, and Bulgaria, the project explores the everyday practice of border violence reporting as well as the “epistemic borderwork” performed by European states and the epistemic power exercised by the police at borders. Through participant observation, interviews, and an extensive document analysis, the project seeks to illuminate the ways in which (epistemic) violence is exercised and resisted at the borders of Europe, and the role of knowledge production as a tool of resistance against state violence today.
Biography
Irene Quadrelli is an activist and researcher working on border violence in Europe. She holds a master's degree from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Area Studies
Aston University
2024 Cohort, +4
Supervisory Team
Dr. Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik
Dr. Thom Davies
Dr. Gaja Maestri
Collaborator
No Name Kitchen