Highlights ► The paper investigates alternative forms of mobility used by undocumented migrants. ► It argues these differ from the protected mobilities of legitimated passengers. ► Virilio’s concept of the ‘violence of speed’ is used to discuss such mobilities. ► The paper argues that alternative mobilities enact the violence of speed.

    Abstract This article addresses the ongoing debates on the politics of migration. In particular it investigates the turbulent mobilities of the ‘desperate passenger’ as a means to position the role of corporeal passage within this debate. It argues that forms of desperate passage differ markedly from other forms of corporeal mobility due to the limitations of choice. Given that undocumented migrants are ‘locked out’ of legitimated mobility networks, alternative forms of movement are often necessitated, in this case the infiltration of non-corporeal networks such as the underside of lorries. These acts of desperate mobility are used to discuss the inherent ‘violence of speed’ as outlined by Paul . In contrast to the protective, capsularised mobilities of legitimated passengers, it is suggested that the desperate passenger has to enact such violent mobilities in order to reach their destination.


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    Title :

    Desperate passage: violent mobilities and the politics of discomfort


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    Publication date :

    2011-01-01


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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