Julia O’Connell Davidson is a professor in social research at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol. Her new book, Modern Slavery: the Margins of Freedom, Palgrave Macmillan, was published in October 2015.
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Publicado no/na: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryLibyan outrage: slavery or borders?
A recent CNN video of an apparent ‘slave auction’ in Libya has caused horror on social media, but the term slavery...
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Publicado no/na: HomeSlavery: memory and afterlives
What role does memory play in the politics of the present? How can we build better futures through politicising the...
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Publicado no/na: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWalk Free: measuring global slavery, or masking global hypocrisy?
The Walk Free Foundation claims to fight ‘modern slavery’ by measuring its extent, but is its index not just an...
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Publicado no/na: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery'Modern Slavery': a response to Rahila Gupta
Policymakers and modern-day abolitionists have co-opted trafficking and slavery discourse for illiberal ends. To say...
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Publicado no/na: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe practical necessity of utopian thinking
BTS editors introduce their series on utopia, arguing that only by striving for utopia can we hope to move beyond...
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Publicado no/na: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery“Let us live or make us die!” Migrants’ challenge to their outlawry
On International Migrants Day, all liberal democratic states will reaffirm their respect for migrants' rights. This...