Joel Quirk is Professor in Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research focuses upon slavery and abolition, human mobility and human rights, repairing historical wrongs, and the history and politics of sub-Saharan Africa. Joel is currently a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project, where he serves as Rapporteur. Your can follow him on twitter at @joelquirk.
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Doing more harm than good: the politics of child trafficking prevention in South AfricaRecently introduced anti-trafficking regulations in South Africa are doing more harm than good. This is because they...
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Human trafficking and Africa’s ‘pornography of pain’: the pitfalls of CSRLexisNexis South Africa has mined its newspaper archives to produce a deeply flawed ‘human trafficking awareness...
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Race, ethnicity and belongingRace is, ironically, an often-overlooked aspect of the modern slavery debate. BTS editors look critically at the...
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Reparations are too confronting: let’s talk about 'modern-day slavery' insteadGovernments and activists in Europe and America invoke the immediacy of “modern-day slavery” to sidestep challenging...
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The use and abuse of history: slavery and its contemporary legaciesBeyond Trafficking and Slavery editors introduce their issue 'On History', which challenges the superficial...
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The politics of numbers: the Global Slavery Index and the marketplace of activismThe Global Slavery Index is profoundly flawed methodologically, yet it remains widely and often uncritically cited....