The article is a revised version of my keynote at the "Migration and Late Capitalism" conference, held at the University of Victoria, Canada, in June 2015. It starts with a short discussion of some influential works on the mobility of labor in historical and contemporary capitalism. Drawing upon a book I recently published with Brett Neilson, Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labour, I then discuss the significance of the proliferation of borders in the global age from the point of view of “late” capitalism. In the last part of the article I focus on the subjective stakes of the politics of migration, providing instances from many parts of the world (including the Asia-Pacific region).
What is at Stake in the Mobility of Labor? Borders, Migration, Contemporary Capitalism
MEZZADRA, SANDRO
2016
Abstract
The article is a revised version of my keynote at the "Migration and Late Capitalism" conference, held at the University of Victoria, Canada, in June 2015. It starts with a short discussion of some influential works on the mobility of labor in historical and contemporary capitalism. Drawing upon a book I recently published with Brett Neilson, Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labour, I then discuss the significance of the proliferation of borders in the global age from the point of view of “late” capitalism. In the last part of the article I focus on the subjective stakes of the politics of migration, providing instances from many parts of the world (including the Asia-Pacific region).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
