Two weeks in LA at the Skid Row Archive and Museum
I spent the last two weeks in Los Angeles, as a guest of the Skid Row Archive and Museum. This is a community archive and museum managed by the Los Angeles Poverty Department, a performance
I am Professor of Economic and Political Geography at DIST in Turin and Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at the Urban Institute, Sheffield. With AbdouMaliq Simone, I co-direct the Beyond Inhabitation Lab. I am also a co-founder and Editor of the Radical Housing Journal and Corresponding Editor at IJURR. Here is my CV. Get in touch @michelelancione (he/they).
I spent the last two weeks in Los Angeles, as a guest of the Skid Row Archive and Museum. This is a community archive and museum managed by the Los Angeles Poverty Department, a performance
For a few weeks, a number of academics in Italy have been working to stop an agreement between the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State of Israel to finance ‘scientific projects’ that can
Venerdì 5 aprile, 3pm, al DIST avremo un confronto sul mio ultimo libro For a Liberatory Politics of Home (Duke University Press, 2023). Ci saranno Sandro Mezzadra, Margherita Grazioli, Francesca Governa e Silvia Aru. Siete
Spring has arrived, and the horror of the Israeli war and so many other wars are still here. We must not stop studying and discussing the intensification of militarization in our collective lives in the
The Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, UK, hosted a hybrid event to launch my new book ‘For a Liberatory Politics of Home‘ published by Duke University Press The event took place on Tuesday,
La settimana prossima, lunedí 18 continuiamo a confrontarci su guerra, universitá e militarizzazione con collegh* di CERTO (Coordinamento per l’Etica nella Ricerca) e corpo studentesco. Ore 17 in presenza presso Sala Lauree del Dipartimento di
Next week I will present my book, For a Liberatory Politics of Home (Duke University Press), with colleagues and friends in Sheffield & London. 12th March 4pm GMT, at the Urban Institute in Sheffield. The
Applications now welcome to participate in a workshop on 23-24 May 2024 ‘The epistemic tangles of urban inhabitation’ organised jointly by the Urban Institute (University of Sheffield) and Beyond Inhabitation Lab (Polytechnic University of Turin).
Con le bravissime Paola Rivetti e Alessandra Algostino (e tant* altr*) promuoviamo questa lettera indirizzata al Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (MAECI) riguardante la rinnovata cooperazione di ricerca tra istituzioni italiane e
I am excited to announce the Beyond Inhabitation Lab‘s 2024 Spring-Summer Seminar Series. We will be hosting seven events, including a book discussion, a collective conversation as well as five seminars by distinguished scholars who
From Israel to Leonardo: The role of our universities in the war industry. Today 17:30 at the Einaudi campus in Turin with Cambiare Rotta Torino, End Fossil and the Palestine Project. The meeting is a
All’interno del bellissimo Ard Film Festival (https://alardfilmfestival.com/), organizzato a #Cagliari dall’Associazione Amicizia Sardegna #Palestina, parleremo di guerra, complesso militare industriale e il rapporto tra #Università e #Militarizzazione Eris Edizioni. Questo sabato alle ore 11, Teatro
Inhabiting the Surrounds: Urbanity, Critique and Speculative Practice Urban Studies Summer School organised by the Beyond Inhabitation Lab and Urban Transitions Hub 23-26 September 2024, Turin – 2-6 June 2025, Lisbon Confirmed keynote instructorsTurin: Ruth
Today, we had our first meeting in Turin of our new antifascist university alliance. This is a renewed form of activism that links our anti-fascist praxis to anti-militarism and the need to defend the terrain
I look forward to joining the Radical Urban Lab at the University of St Andrews on Monday 5th, February, as part of their week of events. I will take part in the VIVA discussion of
My anti-militarist practice has brought me, for many years, to embrace the Palestinian-led Boycott, Disinvest, Sanction (BDS) campaign against the Israeli military-industrial regime and its death project (I speak of this in my recent volume
The following interview, about my book “Universitá e Militarizzazione” (Eris 2023), appeared in the pages of Altreconomia in Italian. I have translated it here in English, using an automated translator. Thanks to Luca Rondi for
Andiamo avanti a parlare di #università e #militarizzazione Oggi, a #Pisa, venerdì 15 alle ore 17:30 con Osservatorio contro la militarizzazione delle scuole: https://osservatorionomilscuola.com/2023/12/02/pisa-15-dicembre-presentazione-libro-michele-lancione-universita-e-militarizzazione/ Domani, a #Firenze, sabato 16 alle ore 19 presso CSA nEXt
In Italy, for migrants who do not request asylum, or for those to whom refugee status is denied, there are the Centri di Permanenza e Rimpatrio (CPR) (lit. Permanence and Repatriation Centres, once called Identification
Oggi su MONiTOR un estratto di #Università e #Militarizzazione in cui introduco l’opportunità (strumentale) del #dualuse (duplice uso) Grazie Stefano Portelli e compagn* per l’opportunità! https://www.monitor-italia.it/universita-industria-militare-libro-michele-lancione/ Libro: https://www.erisedizioni.org/prodotto/universita-e-militarizzazione/
This weekend, we continue to talk about the relationship between #university and #militarisation, about #war, the intermingling of research and the military sector, and the ethics of university practice. This time in #Sicily! – #Messina,
Questa mattina in onda su Radio Blackout 105.250 Grazie anche ai compagn* per questa intervista sui temi della #guerra e del finanziamento #militare alla ricerca https://radioblackout.org/2023/11/universita-e-militarizzazione-quali-rapporti-e-come-combatterli/ Eris Edizioni: https://www.erisedizioni.org/prodotto/universita-e-militarizzazione/
What a beautiful evening yesterday in Turin! Among the hundreds of books in the wonderful Libreria Comunardi , we took the time to discuss my short essay on #university and #militarisation With Francesca Governa, Luca
After many years of work, For a Liberatory Politics of Home is now officially out at Duke University Press. Can we imagine a ‘home’ that does not require the constitution & colonization of an alterity
IT Il Manifesto ha pubblicato una bella recensione del mio libro Università e Militarizzazione sul numero di oggi, 11 novembre. Gennaro Avallone, che ringrazio di cuore per averla scritta, dice: È evidente l’utilità di questo
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing is right: settler #housing practice in #Palestine amounts to #domicide. Yet, the destruction of the Palestinian homely by the hand of Israel is not just an
Today in Bologna, two moments for collective discussion on #housing, #domicile, #housingjustice & #war, #militarisation, #university. – 2:30 pm, “Housing: a crossroads of struggles” an event co-organized by PLAT – Platform for Social Intervention and
The week of 23-28 October Beyond Inhabitation Lab’s members moved to Mexico City to attend the 9th International Congress of Critical Geography. Lab members, Michele Lancione, Chiara Cacciotti, Daniela Morpurgo and Rodrigo Castriota, organized the panel
The shameless, violent continuation of the Israeli colonial project in Palestine leads to feelings of anxiety, powerlessness, and fear punctuated by anger and a deep sense of historical injustice. Many are standing against the current
My short book on the relationship between the Academy and the Military sector is out now in Italy. The book is written in Italian, and it is published by ERIS Edizioni, a leading independent publisher
For a Liberatory Politics of Home, Duke University Press, is out in Nov 2023, but it can now be pre-ordered with a 30% discount on the paperback. Use coupon code E23LANCN at checkout ($20.27/£17.50 with
We just published a new issue in the Radical Housing Journal! Read it by clicking on the title below. “Life-Affirmative Struggles for Home Across Borders” Issue 5.1 of the Radical Housing Journal (RHJ) examines the
On may 16th, 2023, members of the ERC Project Inhabiting Radical Housing (grant n. 851940, PI: Lancione) presented preliminary findings from research work conducted over the last 18 months. Marking the halfway point in this
New European Citizen Initiative to #Stop #BorderViolence Today “we call for appropriate regulations to ensure that Article 4 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is applied effectively” Sign our petition https://eci.ec.europa.eu/032/public/#/screen/home Info in ENG:
Here is a short commentary I wrote on a terrific special issue curated by Desiree Fields, Emma Power and Kenton Card on #housing #movements and #care “Radical Housing Justice Within and Beyond Caring” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anti.12958 The
Questo giovedì alle 18:30 al Centro Studi Sereno Regis a Torino presentiamo un numero di Contropiano e parliamo di #guerra, #imperialismo e #militarizzazione. Io in particolare mi soffermerò sul rapporto tra industria della difesa e
Why we need to #AbolishFrontex now: https://abolishfrontex.org/how/ List of demands – please circulate: https://abolishfrontex.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ENG_Abolish-Frontex-demands.pdf On fighting to keep Frontex outside of our Universities, two of my recent interviews: In English, on Borders Criminologies with Maurice
I’m happy to take part to two important events taking place under the auspice of the City of Naples this week. Tomorrow, Wednesday 7 June we are going to have a discussion with the talented
Today I am turning 40, and I am in love with so many living things. A random mix to feed the algorithm. Chickpeas, with lemon | kneading pasta | the colours Yellow, Purple | trees
I am now concluding the editing of the proofs of my forthcoming book, For a Liberatory Politics of Home, out with Duke University Press in November 2023. I worked on this text on and off
CERTO – Coordinamento per l’Etica della Ricerca TOrino is a new group, which I helped co-found and of which I am part, made of academics from the University and the Polytechnic of Turin concerned with
Università, industria delle migrazioni, controllo militare 8 maggio, 10am, Salerno In Italian – online link: https://www.unisa.it/unisa-rescue-page/dettaglio/module/87/row/9493/id/529?fbclid=IwAR131iHY-P1tqswDPOGAXBd318dZduDZDdLP9RN-zgpZVVzhOd3VPuTom7I Grazie Gennaro Avallone for organising! #AbolishFrontex